etam u haiva jānakir āyasthūṇaḥ satyakāmāya jābālāyāntevāsina uktvovāca -- api ya enaṃ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcej jāyerañ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti ||
11. Gânaki Âyasthûna told the same to his pupil Satyakâma Gâbâla, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 6,3.11;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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