Material world
asvattham prahur avyayam
chandamsi yasya parnani
yas tam veda sa veda-vit [Bg. 15.1]
This material world is described in the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita as a tree that has got its root upwards, urdhva-mulam. Have you experienced of any tree which has its root upwards? We have got this experience of a tree, rooted upwards by reflection. If we stand on the bank of a river or any reservoir of water, we can see that the tree on the bank of the reservoir of water is reflected in the water as the trunk is downwards and the root upwards. So this material world is practically a reflection of the spiritual world. Just like the reflection of the tree on the bank of a reservoir of water is seen downwards, similarly, this material world, it is called shadow. Shadow. As in the shadow, there cannot be any reality, but at the same time, from the shadow we can understand that there is reality.
This material world is described in the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita as a tree that has got its root upwards, urdhva-mulam. Have you experienced of any tree which has its root upwards? We have got this experience of a tree, rooted upwards by reflection. If we stand on the bank of a river or any reservoir of water, we can see that the tree on the bank of the reservoir of water is reflected in the water as the trunk is downwards and the root upwards. So this material world is practically a reflection of the spiritual world. Just like the reflection of the tree on the bank of a reservoir of water is seen downwards, similarly, this material world, it is called shadow. Shadow. As in the shadow, there cannot be any reality, but at the same time, from the shadow we can understand that there is reality.
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