Then all sorts of sacred fruits and roots, O Bharata and thousands of flowers and deciduous herbs, began to weep, saying, the wicked and mean Devala will, forsooth, once more pluck and cut us! Alas, having once promised all creatures no injury, he sees not the wrong that he thinks of doing.
ततस्तु फलमूलानि पवित्राणि च भारत॥ पुष्पाण्योषधयश्श्चैव रोरूयन्ति सहस्रशः। पुनर्नो देवलः क्षुद्रो नूनं छेत्स्यति दुर्मतिः॥ अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो यो दत्त्वा नावबुध्यते।