महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-2

अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः ।
अधश्च मूलान्यनुसंततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥२॥

2. adhaścordhvaṁ prasṛtāstasya śākhā; guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ ,
adhaśca mūlānyanusaṁtatāni; karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke.

2. adhaḥ ca ūrdhvam prasṛtāḥ tasya
śākhāḥ guṇapravṛddhāḥ viṣayapravālāḥ
adhaḥ ca mūlāni anusaṃtatāni
karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke

2. tasya śākhāḥ adhaḥ ca ūrdhvam
prasṛtāḥ guṇapravṛddhāḥ viṣayapravālāḥ
ca adhaḥ mūlāni manuṣyaloke
karmānubandhīni anusaṃtatāni

2. Its branches extend both upwards and downwards, nourished by the guṇas (qualities of material nature), with sense-objects as their tender shoots. And below, its roots are continuously spread, causing entanglement through action (karma) in the world of human beings.

Words meanings summery:

• अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards

• च (ca) - and

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

• प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - spread out, extended

• तस्य (tasya) - its, of it

• शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches

• गुणप्रवृद्धाः (guṇapravṛddhāḥ) - nourished by the guṇas (qualities of material nature) (grown by the guṇas, nourished by the guṇas)

• विषयप्रवालाः (viṣayapravālāḥ) - whose tender shoots are sense-objects

• अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards

• च (ca) - and

• मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots

• अनुसंततानि (anusaṁtatāni) - spread continuously, extended

• कर्मानुबन्धीनि (karmānubandhīni) - causing entanglement through action (karma) (binding through action (karma), whose bonds are actions)

• मनुष्यलोके (manuṣyaloke) - in the world of men, in the human world

Words meanings and morphology

अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - spread out, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread out, extended, diffused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the verb root sṛ ('to spread') with the prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - its, of it

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the aśvattha tree mentioned in the previous verse.

शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śākhā

śākhā - branch, bough

गुणप्रवृद्धाः (guṇapravṛddhāḥ) - nourished by the guṇas (qualities of material nature) (grown by the guṇas, nourished by the guṇas)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of guṇapravṛddha

guṇapravṛddha - grown by the guṇas

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (guṇa+pravṛddha)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti)
  noun (masculine)
• pravṛddha – grown, increased, prospered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the verb root vṛdh ('to grow') with the prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

विषयप्रवालाः (viṣayapravālāḥ) - whose tender shoots are sense-objects

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of viṣayapravāla

viṣayapravāla - having sense-objects as tender shoots

Compound type : bahuvrihi (viṣaya+pravāla)

• viṣaya – object of sense, sense-object, sphere, domain
  noun (masculine)
• pravāla – young shoot, sprout, coral
  noun (masculine)

अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mūla

mūla - root, origin, base

अनुसंततानि (anusaṁtatāni) - spread continuously, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anusaṃtata

anusaṁtata - spread continuously, extended, diffused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the verb root tan ('to stretch, spread') with prefixes anu- and sam-.

Prefixes: anu+sam

Root: tan (class 8)

कर्मानुबन्धीनि (karmānubandhīni) - causing entanglement through action (karma) (binding through action (karma), whose bonds are actions)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karmānubandhin

karmānubandhin - binding by action, connected with actions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+anubandhin)

• karma – action, deed, fate (karma)
  noun (neuter)
• anubandhin – following, connected with, binding
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from anu-bandh ('to bind, connect')
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bandh (class 9)

मनुष्यलोके (manuṣyaloke) - in the world of men, in the human world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of manuṣyaloka

manuṣyaloka - the world of human beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manuṣya+loka)

• manuṣya – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)