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Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga
पुरुषोत्तमयोग
The Yoga of the Supreme Person
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Chapter 15, Verse 1
अध्याय 15, श्लोक 1
श्लोक (Shlok)
श्री भगवानुवाच ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्। छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।
śrī-bhagavān uvāca ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham aśvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni yas taṁ veda sa veda-vit
Translation
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree that has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas.
Word by Word Meaning
ऊर्ध्वमूलम्
rooted above
अधःशाखम्
branches below
अश्वत्थम्
the Asvattha
प्राहुः
they speak of
अव्ययम्
indestructible
छन्दांसि
metres or hymns
यस्य
of which
पर्णानि
leaves
यः
who
तम्
that
वेद
knows
सः
he
वेदवित्
is the knower of the Vedas