Purushottama (Supreme Person), Parabrahman
I am known as Purushottama (Supreme Person) because I transcend Kshara (Bhagavad Gita)
Courses: Bhagavad Gita - Jnana Yoga
Purushottama (Supreme Person, Lord of all the beings, God of gods) is one of the names of Vishnu in the Mahabharata.
In the Bhagavad Gita, Parabrahman is the “Supreme Brahman” who is beyond any description or conceptualization.
Parameshvara means “Excellent Supreme Lord, Supreme Ruler or Supreme Spirit” (15- The Yoga of the Supreme Person). He is synonymous with Parabrahman, the equivalent of the Supreme Person (God, Brahman, Sat-Chit-Ananda, Allah..).
In chapter 8- The Yoga of the Imperishable Parabrahman (Brahma Yoga) of the Bhagavad Gita we find the first definition of Purushottama.
Arjuna asked Sri Krishna:
“Arjuna: What is Brahman? What is Adhyatma? What is Karma, O Purushottama? What is called Adhibhuta? And what is Adhidaiva?” Bhagavad Gita 8.1.
In chapter 10- The Yoga of Divine Glories Arjuna states:
“Arjuna: Thou alone know Thyself, O Purushottama, O Origin and Lord of all beings, God of Gods, O Ruler of the universe” Bhagavad Gita 10.15.
Chapter 15- The Yoga of the Supreme Person (Purushottama Yoga) is centered on Purushottama:
“Sri Krishna: They speak of an imperishable Ashvattha Tree with its roots above and its branches below. The leaves of it are the Vedic mantras, and whoever knows (its secret), knows the Vedas.” Bhagavad Gita 15.1.
“Therefore I am transcendental to the perishable World (Kshara) of matter, even to the imperishable soul (Akshara); thus I am worshiped, both in the Vedas and in the world, as the Supreme Divine Personality (Supreme Purusha)” Bhagavad Gita 15.18
“He who, without guile, thus knows Me as the Supreme Person (Supreme Purusha), knows everything, Ο Bharata, and worships Me with all his heart” Bhagavad Gita 15.19.
For Swami Sivananda.
“This discourse (Chapter) is titled Purushottama Yoga or the Yoga of the Supreme Person (Spirit). Sri Krishna explained the ultimate source of this extraordinary visible universe from which all things have been born; like a great tree with all its roots, trunk, branches, twigs, leaves, flowers and fruits that spring from the earth, which itself supports the tree and in which it is rooted.” Swami Sivananda.
The rest of this summary on “Purushottama in the Bhagavad Gita” is available exclusively to students of the Bhagavad Gita Institute
Purushottama Bhagavad Gita 
Purushottama.
Example: Chapter 15 Purushottama Yoga (Swami Vidya Prakashananda)
Example from the book:
Bhagavad Gita: The Path of Wisdom
(c) Gita Institute & Pedro Nonell
