satyam puspa-phalam vidyad
vrkse 'jivati tan na syad
satyam-the factual truth; puspa-phalam-the flower and the fruit; vidyat-one should understand; atma-vrksasya-of the tree of the body; giyate-as described in the Vedas; vrkse ajivati-if the tree is not living; tat-that (puspa-phalam); na-not; syat-is possible; anrtam-untruth; mulam-the root; atmanah-of the body.