Chapter 15, Verse 1
श्री भगवानुवाच ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्। छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।
śrī bhagavānuvāca ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam। chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit।।15.1।।
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- श्री भगवान् उवाच
- The Blessed Lord said
- ऊर्ध्वमूलम्
- having roots above
- अधःशाखम्
- having branches below
- अश्वत्थम्
- the sacred fig (peepal) tree
- प्राहुः
- they declare
- अव्ययम्
- imperishable/eternal
- छन्दांसि
- the Vedic hymns/meters
- यस्य
- whose
- पर्णानि
- leaves
- यः
- who
- तम्
- that (tree)
- वेद
- knows
- सः
- he
- वेदवित्
- the knower of the Vedas
Commentary
i. They speak of the indestructible Asvattha having its root above and branches below, whose leaves are the metres. He who knows it knows the Vedas.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्री भगवान् उवाच
ऊर्ध्वमूलम्
अधःशाखम्
अश्वत्थम्
प्राहुः
अव्ययम्
छन्दांसि
यस्य
पर्णानि
यः
तम्
वेद
सः
वेदवित्
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