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एकायनो ऽसौ द्विफलस्त्रिमूलश् चतूरसः पञ्चविधः षडात्मा ।
सप्तत्वगष्टविटपो नवाक्षो दशच्छदी द्विखगो ह्यादिवृक्षः ॥ २७ ॥
सप्तत्वगष्टविटपो नवाक्षो दशच्छदी द्विखगो ह्यादिवृक्षः ॥ २७ ॥
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ekayano 'sau dvi-phalas tri-mulas
catu-rasah panca-vidhah sad-atma
sapta-tvag asta-vitapo navakso
dasa-cchadi dvi-khago hy adi-vrksah
eka-ayanah-the body of an ordinary living being is fully dependent on the material elements; asau-that; dvi-phalah-in this body we are subject to material happiness and distress, which result from karma; tri-mulah-having three roots, the three modes of nature (goodness, passion and ignorance), upon which the body is created; catuh-rasah-four rasas, or tastes;* panca-vidhah-consisting of five senses for acquiring knowledge (the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and touch); sat-atma-six circumstances (lamentation, illusion, old age, death, hunger and thirst); sapta-tvak-having seven coverings (skin, blood, muscle, fat, bone, marrow and semen); asta-vitapah-eight branches (the five gross elements-earth, water, fire, air and ether-and also the mind, intelligence and ego); nava-aksah-nine holes; dasa-chadi-ten kinds of life air, resembling the leaves of a tree; dvi-khagah-two birds (the individual soul and the Supersoul); hi-indeed; adi-vrksah -this is the original tree or construction of the material body, whether individual or universal.
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