तद् यथा वृक्ष उन्मूल: शुष्यत्युद्वर्ततेऽचिरात् । एवं नष्टानृत: सद्य आत्मा शुष्येन्न संशय: ॥ ४० ॥
tad yatha vrksa unmulah susyaty udvartate ’cirat evam nastanrtah sadya atma susyen na samsayah
- tat
- therefore
- yatha
- as
- vrksah
- a tree
- unmulah
- being uprooted
- susyati
- dries up
- udvartate
- falls down
- acirat
- very soon
- evam
- in this way
- nasta
- lost
- anrtah
- the temporary body
- sadyah
- immediately
- atma
- the body
- susyet
- dries up
- na
- not
- samsayah
- any doubt.
When a tree is uprooted it immediately falls down and begins to dry up. Similarly, if one doesn’t take care of the body, which is supposed to be untruth—in other words, if the untruth is uprooted—the body undoubtedly becomes dry.