The Blessed Lord said:
With roots above, branches below, the Asvattha is said to be indestructible; its leaves are the hymns; he who knows this knows the Vedas. Below and above spread its branches, nourished by the Gunas; sense-objects are its buds, and its roots grow downwards in the world of men ending in action.
Its form is not perceived here, neither its end nor its origin nor its existence; having cut asunder this firm-rooted Asvattha with the strong axe of non-attachment, that goal should be sought for, going whither none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha whence streamed forth the ancient energy. Free from pride and delusion, with the evil of attachment conquered, constantly abiding in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, liberated from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that goal Eternal. There the sun does not shine, nor the moon, nor fire; having gone thither they return not; that is My Supreme Abode. An eternal portion of My own self having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses with mind for the sixth abiding in Prakriti.
Abiding in the body of living beings as the fire Vaisvanara, united with Prana and Apana, I digest the four kinds of food.
I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me are memory, knowledge and their absence; I am verily that which has to be known by all the Vedas; I indeed am the author of the Vedanta and the knower of the Vedas am I. .There are two Purushas in the world.the perishable and the Imperishable; all beings are perishable and the Kutastha (immutable, unchanging) is called the Imperishable. But there is another, the supreme Purusha, called the Highest Self, the indestructible Lord, who pervading all, sustains the three worlds. As I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the Imperishable, I am known in the world and in the Veda as .Purushottama. (the Highest Purusha). He who, undeluded thus knows Me, the Highest Purusha, he knowing all worships Me with his whole being O Bharata, this most profound teaching has been taught by Me, O sinless one. On knowing thus one becomes illumined,OBharata and all his duties are accomplished.
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