तद्धैतत्सत्यकामो जाबालो गोश्रुतये वैयाघ्रपद्यायोक्त्वोवाच यद्यप्येनच्छुष्काय स्थाणवे ब्रूयाज्जायेरन्नेवास्मिञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति ॥ ५.२.३ ॥
In plain words
Satyakāma Jābāla taught this to Gośruti Vaiyāghrapadya and said, "If a man were to tell this even to a dry stump, branches would grow upon it and leaves would spring forth."