Sanskrit: बीजं संसृतिभूमिजस्य तु तमो देहात्मधीरङ्कुरो रागः पल्लवमम्बु कर्म तु वपुः स्कन्धोओऽसवः शाखिकाः । ्राणीन्द्रियसंहतिश्च विषयाः पुष्पाणि दुःखं फलं नानाकर्मसमुद्भवं बहुविधं भोक्तात्र जीवः खगः 
English:  Of the tree of Samsara ignorance is the seed, the identification with the body is its sprout, attachment its tender leaves, work its water, the body its trunk, the vital forces its branches, the organs its twigs, the sense-objects its flowers, various miseries due to diverse works are its fruits, and the individual soul is the bird on it.