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Bhagaval 7:3:64-65
khamdhajivaphuda, taya tayājīvaphuḍā, sälä sälajīvaphuda, pavālā pavalajivaphuḍā, patta pattajīvaphuda, puppha pupphajivaphuda, phala phalajivaphuḍā, biyā bīyajivaphuda?
hamta goyama! mülā mūlajivaphuḍā jāva bīyā bīyajivaphuḍā.
-: 548:
O Lord!' are the roots of a plant touched by the souls of the roots? Are the bulbous roots touched by the souls of the bulbous roots? Are the stems touched by the souls of the stems? Are the skins touched by the souls of the skins? Are the branches touched by the souls of the branches? Are the tender leaves touched by the souls of the tender leaves? Are the leaves touched by the souls of the leaves? Are the flowers touched by the souls of the flowers? Are the seeds touched by the souls of the seeds?
Yes, Gautama! the roots are touched by the souls of the roots up to the seeds are touched by the souls of the seeds.
7.65 jai nam bhamte! mūlā mūlajivaphuḍā jāva biya biya jivaphuḍā, kamha nam bhamte! vanassaikäiyä ähäremti? kamha pariņāmemti?
goyama! mālā malajivaphuḍā pudhavljivapaḍibaddha, tamhā āhāremti, tamhä pariņāmemti. kamdā kamdajīvaphuda malajivapaḍibadva, tamhä ähäremti, tamhä parinamemti. evam jāva biyā bīyajīvaphuda phalajivapadibuddha tamhā āhāremti tamhā parināmemti.
If, O Lord! the roots are touched by the souls of the roots up to the seeds are touched by the souls of the seeds, how do the vegetation-bodied beings. draw their nourishment and how do they assimilate that nourishment? Gautama! the roots are touched by the souls of the roots and are also fastened with the earth-bodied souls; on account of that they derive their nourishment, and assimilate that nourishment. The bulbous roots are touched by the souls of the bulbous roots and are fastened with the souls of the roots; on account of that they derive their nourishment and assimilate that nourishment. In the same say...... up to the seeds are touched by the souls of the seeds and are fastened with the souls of the fruits; on account of that they derive their nourishment and assimilate that nourishment.
Bhāṣya
1. Sütras 64, 65
There are ten limbs of a tree-root, bulb, stem, skin, branch, tender leaf, leaf, flower, fruit and seed.
The root is connected with the earth; so it draws its nourishment from the carth, but the bulb is not directly connected with the earth. What then is its source of nourishment? The answer given by the scripture to this query embodies important process that sustains life in general. The bulb derives its nourishment from the nourishment derived by the root. The stem derives its nourishment from the bulb, the skin from the stem, the branch from the skin, the tender leaf from the branch, the
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