एतमु हैव वाजसनेयो याज्ञवल्क्यो मधुकाय पैङ्ग्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच, अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेत्, जायेरञ्छाखाः, प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति ॥ ८ ॥
etamu haiva vājasaneyo yājñavalkyo madhukāya paiṅgyāyāntevāsina uktvovāca, api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcet, jāyerañchākhāḥ, praroheyuḥ palāśānīti || 8 ||
8. Then Yājñavalkya, the Vājasaneya, taught this to his pupil Madhuka, the son of Paiṅgī, and said, ‘Should one sprinkle it even on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves sprout.’