Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 Verse 3 Meaning
Its form is not perceived here as such, nor its end, origin, foundation, or resting place; having cut asunder this firmly rooted peepul tree with the strong axe of non-attachment.
BG 15.3
न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा।अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूल मसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा
na rūpam asyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na chādir na cha sampratiṣhṭhā aśhvattham enaṁ su-virūḍha-mūlam asaṅga-śhastreṇa dṛiḍhena chhittvā
Meaning
Its form is not perceived here as such, nor its end, origin, foundation, or resting place; having cut asunder this firmly rooted peepul tree with the strong axe of non-attachment.
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Explanation & Life Application
This verse from Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad Gita highlights a practical insight: Its form is not perceived here as such, nor its end, origin, foundation, or resting place; having cut asunder this firmly rooted peepul tree with the strong axe of non-attachment.
In The Yoga of the Supreme Person (Purusottama Yoga), Krishna explains The metaphor of the eternal tree and the supreme position of God.
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Chapter Context
The metaphor of the eternal tree and the supreme position of God.
Key themes in this chapter include Supreme Person, Eternal tree, Liberation.
When to Apply This Verse
- •When you need steadiness while dealing with supreme person
- •When practicing eternal tree amid uncertainty
- •When applying liberation to real-life choices
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Related Verses
BG 15.5
Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, they, the undeluded, reach the eternal goal.
BG 15.6
Neither does the sun illuminate there, nor the moon, nor the fire; having gone there, they do not return; that is My supreme abode.
BG 1.1
Dhritarashtra said, "What did my people and the sons of Pandu do when they had assembled together, eager for battle, on the holy plain of Kurukshetra, O Sanjaya?"
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