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Chapter 15, Verse 3

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा। अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूल मसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा।।15.3।।

na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca saṃpratiṣṭhā। aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūla masaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā।।15.3।।

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not
रूपम्
the form
अस्य
of it (the tree)
इह
here (in this world)
तथा
as such / in that way
उपलभ्यते
is perceived
not
अन्तः
end
not
and
आदिः
beginning
not
and
संप्रतिष्ठा
foundation/continuance
अश्वत्थम्
the ashvattha (fig) tree
एनम्
this
सुविरूढमूलम्
whose roots have grown very firm/deep
असङ्गशस्त्रेण
with the weapon of non-attachment
दृढेन
firm/strong
छित्त्वा
having cut down

Commentary

3. Its form is not perceived as such here, neither its end nor its origin nor its existence- Having cut asunder this firm-rooted Asvattha with the strong sword of dispassion.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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रूपम्
अस्य
इह
तथा
उपलभ्यते
अन्तः
आदिः
संप्रतिष्ठा
अश्वत्थम्
एनम्
सुविरूढमूलम्
असङ्गशस्त्रेण
दृढेन
छित्त्वा

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