न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा | अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलं असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ||१५-३||
na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā . aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlaṃ asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ||15-3||
- na
- not
- rūpam
- the form
- asya
- of this tree
- iha
- in this world
- tathā
- also
- upalabhyate
- can be perceived
- na
- never
- antaḥ
- end
- na
- never
- ca
- also
- ādiḥ
- beginning
- na
- never
- ca
- also
- sampratiṣṭhā
- the foundation
- aśvattham
- banyan tree
- enam
- this
- su-virūḍha
- strongly
- mūlam
- rooted
- asaṅga-śastreṇa
- by the weapon of detachment
- dṛḍhena
- strong
- chittvā
- cutting
The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. But with determination one must cut down this strongly rooted tree with the weapon of detachment. Thereafter, one must seek that place from which, having gone, one never returns, and there surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything began and from whom everything has extended since time immemorial.