12.68

srjaila, jiyaila, tanre na manila

krtaghna ha-ila, tanre skandha kruddha ha-ila

SYNONYMS

srjaila—fructified; jiyaila—maintained; tanre—Him; na—not; manila—accepted; krtaghna—ungrateful; ha-ila—thus became; tanre—to them; skandha—trunk; kruddha—angry; ha-ila—became.

Some branches did not accept the original trunk that vitalized and maintained the entire tree.

When they thus became ungrateful, the original trunk was angry at them.