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Chapter 10: Divisions of the Creation

Verse 20 of 29
SB 3.10.20

उत्स्रोतसस्तमःप्राया अन्तःस्पर्शा विशेषिणः

utsrotasas tamaḥ-prāyā antaḥ-sparśā viśeṣiṇaḥ

Synonyms

utsrotasaḥthey seek their subsistence upwards; tamaḥ-prāyāḥalmost unconscious; antaḥ-sparśāḥslightly feeling within; viśeṣiṇaḥwith varieties of manifestation..

Translation

All the immovable trees and plants seek their subsistence upwards. They are almost unconscious but have feelings of pain within. They are manifested in variegatedness.

Verse 20 of 29
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