SB 6.9.8

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Sixth Canto - Chapter 9: Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura

SB 6.9.7 - SB 6.9.9

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 8

turyaṁ cheda-viroheṇa

vareṇa jagṛhur drumāḥ

teṣāṁ niryāsa-rūpeṇa

brahma-hatyā pradṛśyate

SYNONYMS

turyam—one fourth; cheda—although being cut; viroheṇa—of growing again; vareṇa—because of the benediction; jagṛhuḥ—accepted; drumāḥ—the trees; teṣām—of them; niryāsa-rūpeṇa—by the liquid oozing from the trees; brahma-hatyā—the reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa; pradṛśyate—is visible.

TRANSLATION

In return for Indra's benediction that their branches and twigs would grow back when trimmed, the trees accepted one fourth of the reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. These reactions are visible in the flowing of sap from trees. [Therefore one is forbidden to drink this sap.]

SB 6.9.7 - SB 6.9.9