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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -15
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1. They speak of an eternal Aśvattha (tree), with roots above and branching below, whose leaves are the Vedas. He who knows it is a Veda-knower. They speak of an eternal Aśvattha (tree) with roots above: Brahman with its un-manifested (avyakta) potentiality (śakti) of Māyā[1] is spoken of as the 'above', It being subtle in point of timebeing the Cause, being eternal, and being supreme[2]. It, the One above, is the root of this tree of samsāra and the latter is accord ingly said to have its roots above. The Śruti declares: "With its roots above and its branches below stands this eternal Aśvattha"[3]. In the Purāna also, it is stated: |
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