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Gita Madhurya -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter XV
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You are the Abode of Brahma, of Immortality etc. Then who is the abode of this world? Sri Bhagavan said—I am the abode of this tree in the form of the world too. This tree (the world) has its root above and branches below. It is called 'Asvattha' (Pipala tree) because it is not today as it was yesterday. It is called imperishable because its origin or its end is not known and it ever flows. The actions with their fruits mentioned in the Vedas are called its leaves. One who knows this tree in reality, is the knower of the Vedas.(1) What type of tree is it, O Lord? The branches of this tree, nourished by the three Gunas of Sattva, Raja and Tama, spread in the lower, middle and upper worlds. Five sense-objects of sound, touch, form, taste and smell are its buds (tender leaves). (Thinking of the sense-enjoyments is the sprouting forth of the new tender leaves.) But the root of the branches of this tree is this world of human beings, because the fruit of actions performed in this human life is reaped in all the worlds (births).(2) What are the characteristics of this tree? Its nature, true and beautiful. as it seems, is actually not perceived on serious thought; because it has neither beginning, nor end nor even existence. |
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