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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.20

ఉత్స్రోతసస్తమ:ప్రాయా అన్త:స్పర్శా విశేషిణ: ॥ ౨౦ ॥
utsrotasas tamaḥ-prāyā
[utsrotasas tamah-praayaa]
antaḥ-sparśā viśeṣiṇaḥ
[antah-sparshaa visheshinah]
utsrotasaḥ — they seek their subsistence upwards tamaḥ-prāyāḥ — almost unconscious antaḥ-sparśāḥ — slightly feeling within viśeṣiṇaḥ — with varieties of manifestation.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
utsrotasas tamaḥ-prāyā
utsrotasaḥ
they seek their subsistence upwards
tamaḥ-prāyāḥ
almost unconscious
antaḥ-sparśā viśeṣiṇaḥ
antaḥ-sparśāḥ
slightly feeling within
viśeṣiṇaḥ
with varieties of manifestation.
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The plants distribute their nourishment upwards. They are almost unconscious, but have a feeling of pain within on being cut. They are not fixed in size and have unlimited variety. Their general characteristics are described. They spread their nourishment upwards. Their consciousness is not evident (tamah-prāyāḥ). They feel pain within by being cut (antaḥ-sparśā). Their dimensions are not fixed, and they have unlimited variety (viśeṣinaḥ).
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