BG 15.2
अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥
guṇa-pravṛddhā viṣaya-pravālāḥ
adhaś ca mūlāny anusantatāni
karmānubandhīni manuṣya-loke
Word-for-word meanings
tasya — its; śākhāḥ — branches; pravṛddhāḥ — being augmented; guṇa — by the guṇas; pravālāḥ — [and bearing] tender leaves; viṣaya — [in the form of] the sense objects; prasṛtāḥ — are spread; ūrdhvam — above; ca — and; adhaḥ — below; mūlāni — [its secondary] roots; anubandhīni — that cause perpetual binding; karma — to karma; anusantatāni — extend; adhaḥ — downward; ca — also; manuṣya-loke — into the world of human beings.
Translation
Its branches, being nourished by the guṇas of nature and bearing tender leaves in the form of the sense objects, are spread above and below. Its [secondary*] roots that cause perpetual binding to karma extend downward also into the world of human beings.
Notes
* The branches of this tree, when they touch the ground, turn into roots which are called secondary roots. This is how the tree spreads.