| The Supreme Lord said: They (or
the wise) speak of the eternal Ashvattha tree having its origin above (in
unmanifest Brahman) and its branches below (in the cosmos) whose leaves are the (Vedic)
hymns. One who understands this is a knower of the Vedas. (15.01)
The branches (of this world tree of Maya) spread below
and above (or all over the cosmos). The tree is nourished by the Gunas; sense
pleasures are its sprouts; and its roots (of ego and desires) stretch
below in the human world causing Karmic bondage. (15.02)
Neither its (real) form nor its beginning, neither its end
nor its existence is perceptible here on the earth. Having cut these
firm roots of the Ashvattha tree by the mighty ax of (Jnana and) Vairaagya or
detachment; (15.03) |
