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Chapter 15 • Verse 1

Purusottama Yoga

The Yoga of the Supreme Person

Sanskrit Verse

Urdhva-mulam adhah-shakham ashvattham prahur avyayam, chandamsi yasya parnani yas tam veda sa veda-vit

Translation & Meaning

The Supreme Lord said: There is an eternal banyan tree with roots above and branches below; its leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas.

Key Teachings

  • The tree of material existence
  • Roots in the divine, branches in the world
  • Understanding this is true knowledge

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