एतमु हैव मधुकः पैङ्ग्यश्चूलाय भागवित्तयेऽन्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति ॥६,३.९ ॥
In plain words
Madhuka Paiṅgya taught this to his pupil Cūla Bhāgavitti and said, "If a man were to pour this upon a dry stump, branches would grow upon it and leaves would spring forth."