Chapter 15: The Supreme Personपुरुषोत्तमयोग
15:3
“Its form is not perceived here as such—neither its end, nor its beginning, nor its foundation. Having cut this firmly rooted ashvattha tree with the strong sword of non-attachment—”
Sanskrit
न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा | अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलमसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ||
Transliteration
na rūpam asyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādir na ca sampratiṣṭhā aśvattham enaṁ su-virūḍha-mūlam asaṅga-śastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā
Commentary
The true nature of worldly existence is hard to perceive. It seems beginningless, endless, and without foundation. One must cut it down with the sharp weapon of detachment.
Chapter 15
The Supreme Person