Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 15: The Supreme Person
Bhagavad Gita 15.18
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः ।
अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
yasmātkṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ | ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ||
Because I am beyond the perishable, and higher even than the imperishable, I am celebrated in the world and in the Veda as the Supreme Person.
Modern context
Krishna names himself Purushottama, the Supreme Person, beyond the perishable and higher even than the imperishable. The title appears throughout Indian devotion. It is meant to hold together what might seem opposed: the personal and the absolute, the friend in the chariot and the ground of all being.