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Shri bhagavan uvacha

oordhva moolam adhah saakham asvattham praahur avyayam chandaamsi yasya parnaani yas tam veda sa veda vit 15.1

shri bhagavan uvacha: the Lord said; oordhva moolam: with roots above; adhah: downwards; saakham: branches; asvattham: banyan tree; prahuh: is said; avyayam: eternal; chandaamsi: the Vedic hymns; yasya: of which; parnaani: leaves; yah: anyone who; tam: that; veda: knows; sah: he; veda vit: knower of the Vedas

15.1 Bhagavan says, 'It is said that there is an imperishable Banyan tree whose roots are in the outside; leaves and branches are under the earth. The leaves are said to be the Vedic hymns. He who knows this tree knows the Vedas.'