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adhas chordhvam prasrutaas tasya shaakhaa guna pravruddhaa vishaya pravaalaaha adhas cha moolaani anusantataani karma anubandheeni manushya loke 15.2
adhah: below; cha: and; oordhvam: above; prasrutaah: extended; tasya: its; shaakhaa: branches; guna: by the human attributes; pravruddhaa: nourished; vishaya: sense objects; pravaalaaha: buds; adhah: downward; cha: and; moolaani: roots; anusantataani: extended; karma: action; anubandheeni: bound; manushya loke: in the world of men
15.2 The branches of this tree extend below and above the earth, nourished by the three human attributes, guna. Its buds are the sense objects. This tree also has roots going down and these are bound to the resultant actions of humans.
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na roopam asyeha tathopalabhyate naanto na chaadir na cha sampratishthaa
ashvattham enam su virooddha moolam asanga shastrena drudhena chittvaa 15.3
na: not; roopam: form; asya: its; iha: here; tathaa: as such; upalabhyate: can be perceived; na: not; antah: end; na: not; cha: and; aadih: beginning; na: not; cha: and; sampratishthaa: foundation; ashvattham: banyan tree; enam: this; suviroodha: strongly; moolam: rooted; asanga shastrena: by the weapon of detachment; drudhena: strong; chittvaa: cut down
15.3 The real form of this tree cannot be perceived. 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.
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tataha padam tat parimaargitavyam yasmin gataa na nivartanti bhooyaha tam eva chaadyam purusham prapadye yataha pravritthiha prasrutaa purani 15.4
tataha: thereafter; padam: goal; tat: that; parimaargitavyam: has to be searched out; yasmin: where; gataa: going; na: not; nivartanti: return; bhooyaha: again; tam: in that; eva:
even; cha: and; aadyam: original; purusham: Supreme; prapadye: surrender; yatah: from whom; pravrittiha: activity; prasrutaa: began; purani: ancient
15.4 One must then seek that place from which having gone, one never returns and surrender to the Supreme Being from whom all activities started from ancient times.