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0077/BG-35

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Painting title	The Imperishable Banyan Tree of the Material World
Artists	Baradraja Dasa and others
Keywords	Krsna Radha Reflection Banyan Down Material Spiritual Tree Upside World
Keywords 2017	Banyan Imperishable Tree Branches Upside Down Vedic hymns Twigs Modes Roots Fruitive Actions Leaves
Used in books	BG 1972
Keywords status	Updated
Info status	In progress
Source catalog	Art Catalog updated

File info

Image height	6 013 px
Image width	5 235 px
Location	Art 0077
Filename	0077/BG-35
Colorspace	LAB
File size	90.10 MB

Physical painting info

Medium	oil
Substrate	canvas

Legal info

Copyright owner	BBT
Year	1972
First publication year	1972

Picture section(s)

DE LCLF/BBAD/ETKC EN BG 1972

Captions

Language	Caption
English	15.1–3: “It is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree that has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns.... The branches of this tree extend downward and upward, nourished by the three modes of material nature. The twigs are the objects of the senses. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the fruitive actions of human society. The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is.”

Language

Caption

English

15.1–3: “It is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree that has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns.... The branches of this tree extend downward and upward, nourished by the three modes of material nature. The twigs are the objects of the senses. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the fruitive actions of human society. The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is.”