BG 15.3-4
अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलमसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः ।
तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥
nānto na cādir na ca sampratiṣṭhā
aśvattham enaṁ su-virūḍha-mūlam
asaṅga-śastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā
tataḥ padaṁ tat parimārgitavyaṁ
yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ
tam eva cādyaṁ puruṣaṁ prapadye
yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī
Word-for-word meanings
rūpam — the form; asya — of this [tree]; tathā — as previously described; na upalabhyate — is unascertainable; iha — in this world; na antaḥ — it is without end; na ca ādiḥ — without beginning; na ca sampratiṣṭhā — and without support; chittvā — on cutting; enam — this; su-virūḍha — deeply; mūlam — rooted; aśvattham — banyan tree; dṛḍhena — with the powerful; śastreṇa — weapon; asaṅga — [of] detachment; tataḥ — thereafter; parimārgitavyam — one should search diligently; tat — [for] that; padam — destination; gatāḥ — attaining; yasmin — which; na nivartanti — people do not return; bhūyaḥ — again; prapadye — [declaring] I take shelter; tam — of Him; eva ca — alone; ādyam — the Primeval; puruṣam — Person; yataḥ — from whom; purāṇi — [this] ancient; pravṛttiḥ — creation; prasṛtā — has come forth.
Translation
The form of this tree as previously described is unascertainable in this material world; it is without end, without beginning, and without support. After cutting this deep-rooted Aśvattha tree with the powerful weapon of detachment, one should diligently search for that destination after reaching which people do not return again, declaring, “I take shelter of this Primeval Person alone from whom this ancient creation has come forth.”