BG 15.01 urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham... cited

Expressions researched:
"One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas" |"asvattham prahur avyayam" |"chandamsi yasya parnani" |"t is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree" |"that has its roots upward and its branches down" |"urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham" |"whose leaves are the Vedic hymns" |"yas tam veda sa veda-vit"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: "15.1" or "One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas" or "asvattham prahur avyayam" or "chandamsi yasya parnani" or "t is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree" or "that has its roots upward and its branches down" or "urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham" or "whose leaves are the Vedic hymns" or "yas tam veda sa veda-vit"

BG Preface and Introduction

BG Introduction:

In the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, the real picture of the material world is given. It is said there:

ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham

aśvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam

chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni

yas taṁ veda sa veda-vit

Here the material world is described as a tree whose roots are upwards and branches are below. We have experience of a tree whose roots are upward: if one stands on the bank of a river or any reservoir of water, he can see that the trees reflected in the water are upside down. The branches go downward and the roots upward. Similarly, this material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The material world is but a shadow of reality. In the shadow there is no reality or substantiality, but from the shadow we can understand that there are substance and reality. In the desert there is no water, but the mirage suggests that there is such a thing as water. In the material world there is no water, there is no happiness, but the real water of actual happiness is there in the spiritual world.