Verse
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखागुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः ।अधश्च मूलान्यनुसंततानिकर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥
adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhāguṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥadhaśca mūlānyanusaṃtatānikarmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke
The branches of this cosmic tree extend both below and above (below in the material, above in the supraphysical planes), they grow by the gunas of Nature; the sensible objects are its foliage, downward here into the world of men it plunges its roots of attachment and desire with their consequences of an endlessly developing action.
Gītā 15·2