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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 6.9.8
SYNONYMS
turyam -- one fourth; cheda -- although being cut; virohena -- of growing again; varena -- because of the benediction; jagrhuh -- accepted; drumah -- the trees; tesam -- of them; niryasa-rupena -- by the liquid oozing from the trees; brahma-hatya -- the reaction for killing a brahmana; pradrsyate -- 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 brahmana. These reactions are visible in the flowing of sap from trees. [Therefore one is forbidden to drink this sap.]
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness