Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 21 - Swami Krishnananda.
============================================================ ============================================================ Saturday, February 19, 2022. 20:00 Discourse 42 : Chapter-15 Begins: The world as an Inverted Tree. POST-21. =================== Chapter-15. Slokam-2. Adhaś cordhvaṁ prasṛtās tasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ, adhaś ca mūlānyanusaṁtatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke (15.2): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The branches of this tree are spread out in all directions, both above and below, and these branches have become very stout, being fed with the food of the three gunas of prakriti—sattva, rajas and tamas, which are the diet for this tree; and all the fine leaves which are shining at the end of these branches, which are attractive to the senses, are the objects of perception: viṣayapravālāḥ. Adhaś ca mūlānyanusaṁtatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke: At the base of this ma...