Bhagavad Gita 15.4 meaningThe upside-down tree
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“…then find God, where all life came from.”
What it means
— then seek that place from which no one returns, thinking: ‘I take refuge in the original being, from whom this ancient flow of life came.’”
The original Sanskrit
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः । तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये । यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥
tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī
Translations
Literal translation
Thereafter, that State has to be sought for, going where they do not return again: I take refuge in that Primeval Person Himself, from whom has ensued the eternal Manifestation.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
(तदुपरान्त) उस पद का अन्वेषण करना चाहिए जिसको प्रा प्त हुए पुरुष पुन: संसार में नहीं लौटते हैं। "मैं उस आदि पुरुष की शरण हूँ, जिससे यह पुरातन प्रवृत्ति प्रसृत हुई है"।
Swami Tejomayananda
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