It is for this reason that Soma plants should never be destroyed by wise men. They who sell the Soma plant are held in low esteem by the wise.
तस्मात् सोमोऽप्यविक्रेयः पुरुषेण विपश्चिता। विक्रयं त्विह सोमस्य गर्हयन्ति मनीषिणः॥