Urdhva-mulam adhah-shakham ashvattham prahur avyayam, chandamsi yasya parnani yas tam veda sa veda-vit
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.
- •The tree of material existence
- •Roots in the divine, branches in the world
- •Understanding this is true knowledge