Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20


Sanskrit:

उत्स्रोतसस्तम:प्राया अन्त:स्पर्शा विशेषिण: ॥ २० ॥

ITRANS:

utsrotasas tamaḥ-prāyāantaḥ-sparśā viśeṣiṇaḥ

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.

Purport: