Like that of a child or an old man, your words shall be sweet and indistinct and wonderfulHaving said these words to the parrot, and seeing the god of fire within the heart of the Shami, the gods made Shami wood a sacred fuel fit for producing fire in all religious rites. It was from that time that fire is seen to live in the heart of the Shami.
बालस्येव प्रवृद्धस्य कलमव्यक्तमद्भुतम्। इत्युक्त्वा तं शमीगर्भे वह्निमालक्ष्य देवताः॥ तदेवायतनं चक्रुः पुण्यं सर्वक्रियास्वपि। ततः प्रभृति चाप्यग्निः शमीगर्भेषु दृश्यते॥