20th October 2024
In any organizational structure, the CEO is typically shown at the top, followed by the next level of leaders and then lower tiers of staff. Another way to represent this is by showing the head office at the top, followed by the branches.
Lord Krishna begins this chapter by describing the picture of creation, using the well-known imperishable peepul tree to represent worldly life. In this analogy, the roots are depicted as going upward and the branches are going downward.
The Vedas are likened to the leaves, as ancient knowledge supports the tree of life just as leaves do for a tree. One who realizes this is considered the true knower of the wisdom of the Vedas.
The tree also has branches going upward, strengthened by the qualities of nature: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. These branches have objects of the senses as their shoots.
The roots of the tree also come downward and are followed by rituals in the human world, which strengthen human existence through merits accrued by their performance.
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