तं हैतमूद्दालक आरुणिर्वाजसनेयाय याज्ञवल्क्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच, अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेत्, जायेरञ्छाखाः, प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति ॥ ७ ॥
taṃ haitamūddālaka āruṇirvājasaneyāya yājñavalkyāyāntevāsina uktvovāca, api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcet, jāyerañchākhāḥ, praroheyuḥ palāśānīti || 7 ||
7. Uddālaka, the son of Aruṇa, taught this to his pupil Yājñavalkya, the Vājasaneya, and said, ‘Should one sprinkle it even on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves sprout.’