द्वे अस्य बीजे शतमूलस्त्रिनाल: पञ्चस्कन्ध: पञ्चरसप्रसूति: । दशैकशाखो द्विसुपर्णनीड- स्त्रिवल्कलो द्विफलोऽर्कं प्रविष्ट: ॥ २२ ॥ अदन्ति चैकं फलमस्य गृध्रा ग्रामेचरा एकमरण्यवासा: । हंसा य एकं बहुरूपमिज्यै- र्मायामयं वेद स वेद वेदम् ॥ २३ ॥
dve asya bīje śata-mūlas tri-nālaḥ pañca-skandhaḥ pañca-rasa-prasūtiḥ daśaika-śākho dvi-suparṇa-nīḍas tri-valkalo dvi-phalo ’rkaṁ praviṣṭaḥ adanti caikaṁ phalam asya gṛdhrā grāme-carā ekam araṇya-vāsāḥ haṁsā ya ekaṁ bahu-rūpam ijyair māyā-mayaṁ veda sa veda vedam
- dve
- two
- asya
- of this tree
- bīje
- seeds
- śata
- hundreds
- mūlaḥ
- of roots
- tri
- three
- nālaḥ
- lower trunks
- pañca
- five
- skandhaḥ
- upper trunks
- pañca
- five
- rasa
- saps
- prasūtiḥ
- producing
- daśa
- ten
- eka
- plus one
- śākhaḥ
- branches
- dvi
- two
- suparṇa
- of birds
- nīḍaḥ
- a nest
- tri
- three
- valkalaḥ
- types of bark
- dvi
- two
- phalaḥ
- fruits
- arkam
- the sun
- praviṣṭaḥ
- extending into
- adanti
- they eat or enjoy
- ca
- also
- ekam
- one
- phalam
- fruit
- asya
- of this tree
- gṛdhrāḥ
- those who are lusty for material enjoyment
- grāme
- in householder life
- carāḥ
- living
- ekam
- another
- araṇya
- in the forest
- vāsāḥ
- those who live
- haṁsāḥ
- swanlike men, saintly persons
- yaḥ
- one who
- ekam
- one only, the Supersoul
- bahu-rūpam
- appearing in many forms
- ijyaiḥ
- by the help of those who are worshipable, the spiritual masters
- māyā-mayam
- produced by the potency of the Supreme Lord
- veda
- knows
- saḥ
- such a person
- veda
- knows
- vedam
- the actual meaning of the Vedic literature
This tree of material existence has two seeds, hundreds of roots, three lower trunks and five upper trunks. It produces five flavors and has eleven branches and a nest made by two birds. The tree is covered by three types of bark, gives two fruits and extends up to the sun. Those lusty after material enjoyment and dedicated to family life enjoy one of the tree’s fruits, and swanlike men in the renounced order of life enjoy the other fruit. One who with the help of the bona fide spiritual masters can understand this tree to be a manifestation of the potency of the one Supreme Truth appearing in many forms actually knows the meaning of the Vedic literature.