अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः | अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ||१५-२||
adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ . adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke ||15-2||
- 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
- manuṣya-loke
- in the world of human society
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.