Shiva Purana

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/79/22

ततो नैव वधो योग्यो यतो वृद्धिमुपागतः ।। विष वृक्षोऽपि संवर्ध्य स्वयं छेत्तुमसांप्रतम्।।२२।।

sanskrit

Improper is the destruction through that source wherefrom he has flourished. Even a poisonous tree tended and nurtured by one cannot be cut and felled down by oneself.

english translation

tato naiva vadho yogyo yato vRddhimupAgataH || viSa vRkSo'pi saMvardhya svayaM chettumasAMpratam||22||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/79/22

ततो नैव वधो योग्यो यतो वृद्धिमुपागतः ।। विष वृक्षोऽपि संवर्ध्य स्वयं छेत्तुमसांप्रतम्।।२२।।

sanskrit

Improper is the destruction through that source wherefrom he has flourished. Even a poisonous tree tended and nurtured by one cannot be cut and felled down by oneself.

english translation

tato naiva vadho yogyo yato vRddhimupAgataH || viSa vRkSo'pi saMvardhya svayaM chettumasAMpratam||22||

hk transliteration