Knowing Krsna’s Energies 75
Sri Krgna, using the example of a strongly rooted
banyan tree, advises us in Bhagavad-gita how to get
rid of this attachment once and for all:
na rupam asyeha tathopalabhyate
nanto na cadir na ca sampratistha
asvattham enam suvirudha-mulam
asanga-sastrena drdhena chittva
tatah padam tat parimargitavyam
yasmin gata na nivartanti bhuyah
tam eva cadyam purusam prapadye
yatah pravrttih prasrta puranit
“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. This
banyan tree must be cut out with determination,
by the weapon of detachment. Thereafter, one must
seek that situation from which, having gone, one
never comes back. One must surrender to that
Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom every-
thing has begun and is extending since time imme-
morial.” (Bg. 15.3,4)

The Personality of Godhead, who is fully cog-
nizant of everything in His creation, informs us in
our best interest that we must desire to get rid of this
material existence. We must detach ourselves from
everything material. To make the best use of a bad
bargain, our material existence should be 100%
spiritualized by constant association with Krsna’s
message, His devotees and His names. Therefore
