Bhagavata Purana 11.12.21
Srimad Bhagavatam · 12 · Verse 21
Sanskrit Original
यस्मिन्निदं प्रोतमशेषमोतं पटो यथा तन्तुवितानसंस्थ: । य एष संसारतरु: पुराण: कर्मात्मक: पुष्पफले प्रसूते ॥ २१ ॥
yasminn idaṁ protam aśeṣam otaṁ paṭo yathā tantu-vitāna-saṁsthaḥ ya eṣa saṁsāra-taruḥ purāṇaḥ karmātmakaḥ puṣpa-phale prasūte
Just as woven cloth rests on the expansion of lengthwise and crosswise threads, similarly the entire universe is expanded on the lengthwise and crosswise potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is situated within Him. The conditioned soul has been accepting material bodies since time immemorial, and these bodies are like great trees sustaining one’s material existence. Just as a tree first blossoms and then produces fruit, similarly the tree of material existence, one’s material body, produces the various results of material existence.