Sri Bhagaavan said: He who knows the pipala tree (in the
form of creation); which is said to be imperishable with its roots in the
primeval Being (God), whose branch is represented by Brahma (the Creator), and
whose leaves are the Vedas, is a knower of the purport of the Vedas. …………………
(1)
Fed by the three Gunas and having sense-objects for their
tender leaves, the branches of the aforesaid tree (in the shape of the
different orders of creation) extend both downwards and upwards; and its roots,
which bind the soul according to its actions in the human body, are spread in
all regions, higher as well as lower. ……………… (2)
The nature of this tree is creation, does not on mature
thought; turn out what it is represented to be; for it has neither beginning
nor end, nor even stability. Therefore, cutting down this Pipala tree, which is
most firmly rooted, with the formidable axe of dispassion? ………… (3)
Thereafter a man should diligently seek for that supreme
state, viz., God having attained which they return no more to this world; and
having fully resolved that he stands dedicated to that Primeval Being (God
Narayana) Himself, from whom the flow of this beginning-less creation has
progressed, he should dwell and meditate of Him. ………………… (4)
They who are free from pride and delusion, who have
conquered the evil of attachment, and are constantly abiding in God, whose
cravings have altogether ceased and who are completely immune to all pairs of
opposites going by the names of pleasure and pain, and are un-deluded, attain
that supreme immortal state. ………………….. (5)
Neither the sun not the moon nor fire can illumine that
supreme self-effulgent state, attaining which they never return to this world;
that is My supreme abode. …….. (6)
The eternal Jivatma in this body is a fragment of My own
Self; and it is that alone which draws around itself the mind and the five
senses, which abide in Prakrti. ………… (7)
Even as the wind wafts scents from their seat, so, too,
the Jjvatma, which is the controller of the body etc., taking the mind and the
senses from the body which it leaves behind, forthwith migrates to the body
which it acquires. ………….. (8)
It is while dwelling in the senses of hearing, sight,
tough, taste and smell, as well as in the mind, that this Jivatma enjoys the
objects of senses. ………………… (9)
The ignorant know not the soul departing from, or
dwelling in the body, or enjoying the objects of senses, i.e., even when it is
connected with the three Gunas; only those endowed with the eyes of wisdom are
able to realize it. …………………. (10)
Striving Yogis too are able to realize this Self
enshrined in their heart. The ignorant, however, whose heart has not been
purified, know not this Self in spite of their best endeavors. ……………… (11)
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