15:2
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा
गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः ।
अधश्च मूलान्यनुसंततानि
कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥१५- २॥
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा
गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः ।
अधश्च मूलान्यनुसंततानि
कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥१५- २॥
adhashchordhwaM prasRRitaastasya shaakhaa
guNaprawRRiddhaa wiShayaprawaalaaH ।
adhashcha moolaanyanusaMtataani
karmaanubandhiini manuShyaloke ॥१५- २॥
Source: Automatic ITRANS Transliteration
Below and above are spread its branches,
By the qualities nourished, sensory objects its sprouts,
And below roots continue
Action bonds in the human world.
Source: Milind S. Pandit
The branches (of this world tree of Maya) spread below and above (or all over the cosmos). The tree is nourished by the Gunas; sense pleasures are its sprouts; and its roots (of ego and desires) stretch below in the human world causing Karmic bondage.
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.
Source: Bhagavad Gita As It Is