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  "name":"SB 3.10.20",
  "h1":"SB 3.10.20",
  "label":"Text 20",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.10.20",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 3.10.20

उत्स्रोतसस्तमःप्राया अन्तःस्पर्शा विशेषिण ॥२०॥

Text

utsrotasas tamaḥ-prāyā
antaḥ-sparśā viśeṣiṇaḥ

Synonyms

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.