॥ Om Sri Paramadmane Nama:॥ Ada Panchadasho’dhyaayah:। Purushottam Yoga (The knowledge of Supreme Being)

Sri Bhagavan Uvacha।

urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham ashvattham prahur avyayam। chandamsi yasya parnani yas tam veda sa veda-vit॥ 15.1 ॥

Sri Bhagavan said: O Arjuna,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.

adhas cordhvam prasrtas tasya sakha guna-pravrddha visaya-pravalah। adhas cha mulany anusantatani karmanubandhini manushya-loke॥ 15.2 ॥

Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, The branches of this tree extend downward and upward, nourished by the three modes of material nature. The twigs are the objects of the senses. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the fruit producing actions of human society.

na rupam asyeha tathopalabhyate nanto na chadir na cha sampratishtha। ashvattham enam su-virudha-mulam asanga-sastrena drdhena chittva॥ 15.3 ॥ tatah padam tat parimargitavyam yasmin gata na nivartanti bhuyah:। tam eva chadyam purusham prapadye yatah pravrttih prasrta purani॥ 15.4 ॥

O Arjuna, The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. But with determination one must cut down this strongly rooted tree with the weapon of detachment. Thereafter, one must seek that place from which, having gone, one never returns, and there surrender to that Supreme Lord from whom everything began and from whom everything has extended since time immemorial.