तान् हैतैः श्लोकैः पप्रच्छ यथा वृक्षो वनस्पतिस्तथैव पुरुषोऽमृषा ।तस्य लोमानि पर्णानि त्वगस्योत्पाटिका बहिः ॥३,९.२९ ॥
In plain words
He questioned them with these verses: "As a tree of the forest, just so is a man in truth. His hairs are the leaves, and his skin the outer bark.