turyam - one fourth; cheda - although being cut; viroheṇa - of growing again; vareṇa - because of the benediction; jagṛhuḥ - accepted; drumāḥ - the trees; teṣām - of them; niryāsa-rūpeṇa - by the liquid oozing from the trees; brahma-hatyā - the reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa; pradṛśyate - is visible.

In return for Indra’s benediction that their branches and twigs would grow back when trimmed, the trees accepted one fourth of the reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. These reactions are visible in the flowing of sap from trees. [Therefore one is forbidden to drink this sap.]