# Bhagavad Gita 15.1

**Canonical reference:** `gita.15.1`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रीभगवानुवाच।
ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।
छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥

## IAST

śrībhagavānuvāca
ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam
chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

They say the inexhaustible Aśvattha has (its) roots above, (its) branches below the Chandas are its leaves. He who knows it knows the Vedas .

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