BG - 15.1

श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śhākham aśhvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam chhandānsi yasya parṇāni yas taṁ veda sa veda-vit

• śhrī-bhagavān uvācha - the Supreme Divine Personality said
• ūrdhva-mūlam - with roots above
• adhaḥ - downward
• śhākham - branches
• aśhvattham - the sacred fig tree
• prāhuḥ - they speak
• avyayam - eternal
• chhandānsi - Vedic mantras
• yasya - of which
• parṇāni - leaves
• yaḥ - who
• tam - that
• veda - knows
• saḥ - he
• veda-vit - the knower of the Vedas

Translation

The Blessed Lord said: They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, with its roots above and branches below, whose leaves are the meters or hymns; he who knows it is a knower of the Vedas.

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