Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 22 - Swami Krishnananda.
============================================================= ================================================================ Friday, February 25, 2022.19:00 Discourse 42 : Chapter-15 Begins: The world as an Inverted Tree. POST-22. =============================================================== This point is similar to the other well-known analogy of two birds perched on a single tree. This analogy is in the Veda and also in the Upanishad. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mundakopanishad :Chapter-3, Section-1, Mantram-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Dvau suparna sayuja sakhaya samanam vrksham parisasvajate, tayor anyah pippalam svadv atty- anasnan anyo abhicakasiti." On this large tree, two birds are perched. One of the birds is busy eating the sweet berries, the fruits that are yielded by this wonderful tree, but, unfortunately, these are forbidden fruit. So delicious is th...