Vaiśeṣika Sūtra 5.2.8

5.2.8

vṛkṣābhisarpaṇam ity adṛṣṭakāritam |

vṛkṣa-abhisarpaṇam—circulation in trees; iti—this; adṛṣṭa-kāritam—caused by adṛṣṭa or destiny.

7. The circulation (of water) in trees is caused by adṛṣṭa.

[Read sūtra 5.2.7 above]

‘Abhisarpaṇam’ means flowing towards or all over. That takes place in a tree, of water poured at its root. It is caused by adṛṣṭa, i.e., of those souls whose pleasure or pain is produced by the growth of the leaves, branches, fruits, flowers, etc. The meaning, then, is that action by which water rises up and causes the growth of trees, arises from con junction with the above-mentioned souls, possessing adṛṣṭa, as its non-combinative cause, and from adṛṣṭam, as its efficient cause, in water which is its combinative cause.—7.