तं हैतमुद्दालक आरुणिर्वाजसनेयाय याज्ञवल्क्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति ॥६,३.७ ॥
In plain words
Uddālaka Āruṇi taught this to his pupil Vājasaneya Yājñavalkya and said, "If a man were to pour this upon a dry stump, branches would grow upon it and leaves would spring forth."