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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- न
- not
- रूपम्
- the form
- अस्य
- of it (the tree)
- इह
- here (in this world)
- तथा
- as such / in that way
- उपलभ्यते
- is perceived
- न
- not
- अन्तः
- end
- न
- not
- च
- and
- आदिः
- beginning
- न
- not
- च
- 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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