Bhishma said “Let not fruit growing trees be cut down in your dominions. Fruits and roots are the property of the Brahmanas. The sages have declared this as an injunction of religion.
भीष्म उवाच वनस्पतीन् भक्ष्यफलान्न च्छिन्द्युर्विषये तव। ब्राह्मणानां मूलफलं धर्म्यमाहुर्मनीषिणः॥