Chapter 15 Verse 2 of 20

• adhaś cordhvaḿ prasṛtās tasya śākhā
• guṇa-pravṛddhā viṣaya-pravālāḥ
• adhaś ca mūlāny anusantatāni
• karmānubandhīni manuṣya-loke

Translation

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.

Synonyms

• adhaḥ

  downward

• ca

  and

• ūrdhvam

  upward

• prasṛtāḥ

  extended

• tasya

  its

• śākhāḥ

  branches

• guṇa

  by the modes of material nature

• pravṛddhāḥ

  developed

• viṣaya

  sense objects

• pravālāḥ

  twigs

• adhaḥ

  downward

• ca

  and

• mūlāni

  roots

• anusantatāni

  extended

• karma

  to work

• anubandhīni

  bound

• loke

  in the world of human society.

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