This tree is withered and it is without leaves and fruits, and is unfit to be the refuge of birds. Why do you then cling to it? This forest too is vast and in this wilderness there are numberless other good trees whose hollows are covered with leaves and which you can choose freely and to your heart's content.
निष्पत्रमफलं शुष्कमशरण्यं पतत्रिणाम्। किमर्थं सेवसे वृक्षं यदा महदिदं वनम्॥ अन्येऽपि बहवो वृक्षाः पत्रसंच्छन्नकोटराः। पर्याप्तसंचारा विद्यन्तेऽस्मिन् महावने॥