सत्यं पुष्पफलं विद्यादात्मवृक्षस्य गीयते । वृक्षेऽजीवति तन्न स्यादनृतं मूलमात्मन: ॥ ३९ ॥
satyam puspa-phalam vidyad atma-vrksasya giyate vrkse ’jivati tan na syad anrtam mulam atmanah
- satyam
- the factual truth
- puspa-phalam
- the flower and the fruit
- vidyat
- one should understand
- atma-vrksasya
- of the tree of the body
- giyate
- as described in the Vedas
- vrkse ajivati
- if the tree is not living
- tat
- that (puspa-phalam)
- na
- not
- syat
- is possible
- anrtam
- untruth
- mulam
- the root
- atmanah
- of the body.
The Vedas enjoin that the factual result of the tree of the body is the good fruits and flowers derived from it. But if the bodily tree does not exist, there is no possibility of factual fruits and flowers. Even if the body is based on untruth, there cannot be factual fruits and flowers without the help of the bodily tree.