न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा । अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलं असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा

na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlaṃ asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā

The world-tree cannot be fully understood from within ordinary experience, so it must be cut by detachment.