O Brahmana, Men hunt wild animals and kill them to eat their meat; they also cut up trees and plants. O Brahmana, there are innumerable animal organisms in trees and fruits and also in water, do you not think so?
अध्याक्रम्य पशूश्चापि नन्ति वै भक्षयन्ति च। वृक्षांस्तथौषधीश्चापि छिन्दन्ति पुरुषा द्विज॥ जीवा हि बहवो ब्रह्मन् वृक्षेषु च फलेषु च। उदके बहवश्चापि तत्र किं प्रतिभाति ते॥