Bhagavad Gita 15.2
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः। अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके।।15.2।।
adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ. adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke.. 15.2..
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- अधः च ऊर्ध्वं
- below and above
- प्रसृताः
- spread forth, extended
- तस्य
- its (of that tree)
- शाखाः
- branches
- गुणप्रवृद्धाः
- nourished/increased by the (three) guṇas
- विषयप्रवालाः
- having sense-objects as their tender shoots/sprouts
- अधः च
- and below
- मूलानि
- roots
- अनुसन्ततानि
- stretched out continuously, extended
- कर्मानुबन्धीनि
- bound to/causing bondage through action
- मनुष्यलोके
- in the world of men
Commentary
2. Below and above are its branches spread^ •nourished by the gimas, sense-objects its buds ; and below in the world of man stretch forth the toots ending in action.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अधः च ऊर्ध्वं
प्रसृताः
तस्य
शाखाः
गुणप्रवृद्धाः
विषयप्रवालाः
अधः च
मूलानि
अनुसन्ततानि
कर्मानुबन्धीनि
मनुष्यलोके
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