Canto 3, Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Verse 20 (SB 3.10.20)
SB 3.10.20 • मूल श्लोक

उत्स्रोतसस्तम:प्राया अन्त:स्पर्शा विशेषिण: ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

utsrotasas tamaḥ-prāyā antaḥ-sparśā viśeṣiṇaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

utsrotasaḥ — they seek their subsistence upwards; tamaḥ-prāyāḥ — almost unconscious; antaḥ-sparśāḥ — slightly feeling within; viśeṣiṇaḥ — with 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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda