Chapter 15 Verse 1 of 20

• śrī-bhagavān uvāca
• ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham
• aśvatthaḿ prāhur avyayam
• chandāḿsi yasya parṇāni
• yas taḿ 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.

Synonyms

• uvāca

  the Supreme Personality of Godhead said

• mūlam

  with roots above

• adhaḥ

  downwards

• śākham

  branches

• aśvattham

  a banyan tree

• prāhuḥ

  is said

• avyayam

  eternal

• chandāḿsi

  the Vedic hymns

• yasya

  of which

• parṇāni

  the leaves

• yaḥ

  anyone who

• tam

  that

• veda

  knows

• saḥ

  he

• vit

  the knower of the Vedas.

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