एतमु हैव वाजसनेयो याज्नवल्क्यो मधुकाय पैङ्ग्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति ॥६,३.८ ॥
In plain words
Vājasaneya Yājñavalkya taught this to his pupil Madhuka Paiṅgya and said, "If a man were to pour this upon a dry stump, branches would grow upon it and leaves would spring forth."