Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.9.8
Ūti· What drives us to actTrees Receive Regrowth and Accept Reactions
“In return for Indra’s benediction that their branches and twigs would grow back when trimmed, the trees accepted one fourth of the reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. These reactions are visible in the flowing of sap from trees. [Therefore one is forbidden to drink this sap.]”
What the purport teaches
- Indra granted trees the benediction that their branches and twigs would grow back after being trimmed.
- In return, trees accepted one fourth of the reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa.
- The translation identifies flowing sap as the visible form of these reactions and states that drinking this sap is forbidden.
Try this today
Note the translation’s instruction not to drink the sap described here.
Ask yourself
What benefit and restriction are connected in this account of the trees?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.