Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 729

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 15 The Yog of The Supreme Being न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा। अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलमसग्ङशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्वा ॥3॥ [ “Since its form is not to be seen here as such and it has neither an end nor a beginning, nor a secure foundation, this immensely-grown tree should be cut down with the axe of renunciation.” ] The world-tree does not have a firm existence because it is changeable. So it has to be felled with the axe of total abandonment. It has to be cut down, not worshipped as it usually is because of the superstitious assumption that God resides in the roots of this tree and that its leaves are the Ved. However, since this tree has grown from God’s own seed, can it be cut down? In fact, the meaning of this cutting down is escape from nature which is accomplished by renunciation. But what is to be done after the tree has been cut down?