Thus have the Rishis described the high merits of the excavation of tanks, I shall now describe to you the planting of trees.
एवमेतत् तडागस्य कीर्तितं फलमुत्तमम्। अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि वृक्षाणामवरोपणम्॥