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श्रीभगवानुवाच । ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् । छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्॥६-३७-१॥
The Blessed Lord said: They speak of an imperishable aśvattha tree with its root above and branches below; the Vedic meters are its leaves. Whoever knows it is a knower of the Veda.
english translation
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः । अधश्च मूलान्यनुसंततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके॥६-३७-२॥
Its branches spread both downward and upward, nourished by the guṇas, with sense-objects as their shoots; and its roots extend downward, binding the human world through the chain of karma.
english translation
न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा । अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलमसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा॥६-३७-३॥
Its form is not thus apprehended here—neither its end, nor its beginning, nor its fixed ground. Therefore, having cut down this deeply rooted aśvattha with the firm weapon of non-attachment,
english translation
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः । तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी॥६-३७-४॥
Then that state is to be sought, having reached which they do not return again. I take refuge in that primordial Puruṣa from whom the ancient flow of manifestation has proceeded.
english translation
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः । द्वंद्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्॥६-३७-५॥
Free from pride and delusion, having overcome the fault of attachment, constant in inner discipline, with desires withdrawn; liberated from the dualities called pleasure and pain—the undeluded reach that imperishable state.
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