pursottam yoga

hare krishna
vishal

1. ‘‘The Lord said, ‘He who knows the Peepal (Fig) tree that

the world is, with its roots above and branches below

and which is said to be imperishable, and of which Vedic

verses are the foliage, is a knower of the Ved.’’’

The root of this everlasting Peepal-like world is the God above

and its boughs are the nature below. A tree does not even last till

 

sloka- urrdhwamuladha: shakhamaswatham prahurwayam

chandasi yasya parnani yasta: vedam sa vedvita: 15:1

the symbolic tomorrow, but the tree of the world is indestructible.

Two things are immortal according to Krishn. The first of these

is the everlasting world and then beyond it there is the eternal

Supreme Spirit. The Ved are said to be the leaves of this tree of

the world. The man who observes this tree well along with its

root and is aware of its reality is an adept in the knowledge of

Ved.

The man who has perceived the truth of the world-tree rather

than one who has merely perused holy books, is a true knower of

the Ved. Study of books only provides a motive for proceeding in

that direction. It may well be asked at this point why the Ved are

needed instead of leaves. Vedic verses, which generate well-being,

are useful because they motivate from the very point when after a

great deal of wandering about a Soul goes through his last birth

which is like the final shoot of a tree. This is the turning point where

the straying ceases and the seeker begins to proceed confidently

towrds GOD