[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 6.37.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.37.1 Mahābhārata 6.37.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.1) śrībhagavānuvāca | ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam | chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit || 1 || > The Blessed Lord said: > They speak of an eternal Ashvattha rooted above and branching below, whose leaves are the Vedas; he who knows it, is a Veda-knower. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.27) - [Next: 6.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.2) - [Up: 6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.15.1) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.39.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.39.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.39.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.39.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.15.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.15.1) — Sanskrit - [Aparājitapṛcchā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.marugurjara.aparajitaprccha.16.19) — Bhuvanadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.1) · Pramāṇa