न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते\nनान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा |\nअश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलं\nअसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ||१५-३||\nततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं\nयस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः |\nतमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये |\nयतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ||१५-४||
na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā .\naśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlaṃ asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ||15-3||\ntataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ .\ntameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye .\nyataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ||15-4||
The real form of this tree is not perceived in this world, neither its beginning nor end, nor its continued existence.  But this deep-rooted aśhvatth tree must be cut down with a strong axe of detachment.  Then one must search out the base of the tree, which is the Supreme Lord, from whom streamed forth the activity of the universe a long time ago.  Upon taking refuge in Him, one will not return to this world again.