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Chapter 6.37 - Verse 1

Sanskrit Text

ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद वेदवित्

English Translation

The great One said They say that the Ahsvatha tree with its roots above and branches below is (like the) eternal. Its leaves are the Chandas. He who knows it knows the Vedas.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

ऊर्ध्व + मूल + अधस् + शाखा + अश्वत्थ | प्राह् + अव्यय
छन्दांसि | यस्य | पर्णानि | यद् + तद् | वेद | स | वेद + विद्