छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥
श्रीभगवान् बोले ऊपरकी ओर मूलवाले तथा नीचेकी ओर शाखावाले जिस संसाररूप अश्वत्थवृक्षको अव्यय कहते हैं और वेद जिसके पत्ते हैं, उस संसारवृक्षको जो जानता है, वह सम्पूर्ण वेदोंको जाननेवाला है ॥
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“Understanding the world-tree is the beginning of true understanding.”
श्रीभगवान् बोले ऊपरकी ओर मूलवाले तथा नीचेकी ओर शाखावाले जिस संसाररूप अश्वत्थवृक्षको अव्यय कहते हैं और वेद जिसके पत्ते हैं, उस संसारवृक्षको जो जानता है, वह सम्पूर्ण वेदोंको जाननेवाला है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःthe Blessed Lord said · with roots above · with branches below · the banyan-like world tree · they say · imperishable · the Vedas · whose · leaves · who · that · knows · he · knower of the Vedas
The world is like an upside-down tree: its roots are above, its branches below, and the Vedas are its leaves. Truly understanding this structure means understanding the deepest teaching.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "पुरुषोत्तम योग" में।
श्लोक 1 भगवद् गीता के 15वें अध्याय में है — पुरुषोत्तम योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 20 श्लोक हैं।
You open your phone for one answer and get pulled into ten tabs, ten opinions, ten cravings. Krishna points to the deeper pattern underneath that mental branching: learn the structure, not just the surface noise.
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It shifts attention from scattered appearances to the underlying order that shapes them.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
The world is like an upside-down tree: its roots are above, its branches below, and the Vedas are its leaves. Truly understanding this structure means understanding the deepest teaching.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen before the war begins. Krishna begins Chapter 15 by describing the world as an upside-down tree of changing life, with the Vedas as its leaves. This verse sets up the whole teaching on how to see beyond appearances.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You open your phone for one answer and get pulled into ten tabs, ten opinions, ten cravings. Krishna points to the deeper pattern underneath that mental branching: learn the structure, not just the surface noise.
“You stop seeing life as random and start seeing its hidden pattern.”