Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 15: The Supreme Person
Bhagavad Gita 15.4
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं
यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः ।
तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये
यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥
tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ | tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ||
one should then seek that place from which those who reach it never return, with the thought: "I take refuge in that primal Person, from whom this ancient stream of activity has flowed."
Modern context
After cutting the tree, one must seek: the place from which there is no return. And the attitude given for seeking is refuge, 'I take refuge in that primal Person'. Cutting attachment leaves an empty space. If nothing fills it, the old roots grow back. What fills it is turning toward the source, the one from whom the whole stream of life has flowed.