SB 6.9.8
Devanāgarī
तुर्यं छेदविरोहेण वरेण जगृहुर्द्रुमा: । तेषां निर्यासरूपेण ब्रह्महत्या प्रदृश्यते ॥ ८ ॥
Text
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 abrāhmaṇa;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.]