श्रीभगवानुवाच |\nऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् |\nछन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ||१५-१||
śrībhagavānuvāca .\nūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam .\nchandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit ||15-1||
The Supreme Divine Personality said: They speak of an eternal aśhvatth tree with its roots above and branches below.  Its leaves are the Vedic hymns, and one who knows the secret of this tree is the knower of the Vedas.