Vers 15.3

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते

नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा ।

अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलं

असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥

15.3

Transliteratie

na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate

nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā |

aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlaṃ

asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

Its form is not perceived here as such, neither its end nor its origin, nor its foundation nor resting place: having cut asunder this firmly rooted peepul tree with the strong axe of non-attachment.

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Woord voor woord

not
form
its
here
so
is perceived

not
end
nor
and
beginning
nor
and
foundation

ashvattha tree
this
firmly rooted

with the weapon of detachment
strong
cutting down

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

Krishna admits that from inside the tree its full shape cannot be seen: no one can find where it starts, where it ends or what it rests on. That is why the response he recommends is practical rather than theoretical. The tree is to be cut down with a strong axe, and the axe is non-attachment (asaṅga). The sentence runs on into the next verse, so the cutting is only the first step. The image asks Arjuna to loosen his grip on the world rather than first to explain it completely.