BG 15.18
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः ।
अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
yasmāt kṣaram atīto ’ham akṣarād api cottamaḥ
ato ’smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
ato ’smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
yasmāt — because; aham — I [am]; atītaḥ — beyond; kṣaram — the perishable; ca — and; uttamaḥ — superior; api — even; akṣarāt — to the imperishable; ataḥ — therefore; asmi — I am; prathitaḥ — celebrated; loke — in this world; ca — and; vede — in the Vedas; puruṣa-uttamaḥ — as the Supreme Person.
Translation
Because I am beyond the perishable and superior even to the imperishable, I am celebrated in this world and in the Vedas as the Supreme Person, Puruṣottama.