Chapter 15 · The Supreme Person

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 15.4

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूल मसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा तत: पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूय: तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यत: प्रवृत्ति: प्रसृता पुराणी

na rūpam asyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na chādir na cha sampratiṣhṭhā aśhvattham enaṁ su-virūḍha-mūlam asaṅga-śhastreṇa dṛiḍhena chhittvā tataḥ padaṁ tat parimārgitavyaṁ yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ tam eva chādyaṁ puruṣhaṁ prapadye yataḥ pravṛittiḥ prasṛitā purāṇī

Recitation · Text 15.4
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (39 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Then that state is to be sought, going where they do not return; and one surrenders to that primal Person from whom this ancient activity streamed forth. Cutting is only half of it — something must be sought after the tree comes down.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Cutting is only half; something must be sought once the tree is down.