BG - 15.2

अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः।अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके।।15.2।।

adhaśh chordhvaṁ prasṛitās tasya śhākhā guṇa-pravṛiddhā viṣhaya-pravālāḥ adhaśh cha mūlāny anusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣhya-loke

• adhaḥ - downward
• cha - and
• ūrdhvam - upward
• prasṛitāḥ - extended
• tasya - its
• śhākhāḥ - branches
• guṇa - modes of material nature
• pravṛiddhāḥ - nourished
• viṣhaya - objects of the senses
• pravālāḥ - buds
• adhaḥ - downward
• cha - and
• mūlāni - roots
• anusantatāni - keep growing
• karma - actions
• anubandhīni - bound
• manuṣhya-loke - in the world of humans

Translation

Its branches spread below and above, nourished by the Gunas; its buds are sense-objects, and its roots stretch forth below in the world of men, originating action.

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