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Sanskrit · Devanagari

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

Sanskrit · IAST

śrībhagavānuvāca ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit

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

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 69%.