Therefore, the man who is desirous of achieving his own good, should plant trees by the side of tanks and rear them like his own children. The trees which a man plants are, according to both reason and the scriptures, the children of the planter.
तस्मात् तडागे सवृक्षा रोप्याः श्रेयोऽर्थिना सदा। पुत्रवत् परिपाल्याश्च पुत्रास्ते धर्मतः स्मृताः॥