उपवनविनोद (आचार्य शार्ङ्गधर - वृक्षायुर्वेद, भू-जल संधान एवं उद्यान-विज्ञान सटीक)

70 UPAVANA VINODA
11. He, who plants the Āmalaka trees, reaps the fruit of constant as-
ceticism, the giving of earth and of many sacrifices (yajña).
12. He, who plants after a proper method two Banyan trees, goes to the
abode of Śiva, and is waited on by the seraphim.
13. The virtuous man who plants three Nimba trees attains to the abode
of the Sun and stays there for three thousand years.
14. There can be no doubt of the fact that the man who plants four
Plakṣa trees enjoys the fruits of a Rājasūya sacrifice.
15. He, who plants five Āmra trees by the wayside or in the garden,
secures the salvation of fourteen generations past and future, backward and
forward.
16. He, who plants six Śirīṣa trees by the wayside, attains to the abode
of Garuḍa and spends his days there in as much pleasure as the gods do.
17. The man who plants either seven or even one Palāśa tree, gets at
the abode of Brahmā and is waited upon there by the best of gods.
18. He, who plants eight Udumbara trees himself or gets them planted by
others, reaches the abode of the Moon and enjoys intensity of pleasure there.
19. He, who plants a Madhuka tree, becomes free from all diseases,
and by him all the gods, especially, the goddess Pārvatī is pleased or gratified.
20. He, who plants a tree along with any of these trees: Kṣirīka,
Kadalī, Drākṣā Piyāla, Panasa, etc., ensures himself against all diseases for
seven lives (births) to come.
21. He, who plants a Jambū tree, either with knowledge or in ignorance,
enjoys the fruits of virtue in his own house every day.
22. He, who plants trees capable of bearing fruits and flowers besides
those that have already been mentioned enjoys the fruits of the gift of one
thousand cows of gold.
23. He, who plants Aśvattha, Pichumanda, Nyagrodha, one each; ten
Tamarind trees, and Kapittha, Vilva and Āmalaka, three each, and five mango
trees, is never fated to see hell
II. HERE BEGINS THE SECTION CALLED NIBASASANNATARU-
SUBHASUBHALAKSHMANANI—THE GOOD AND EVIL
OMENS RELATING TO RESIDENCE NEAR TREES
24. The presence of Banyan tree in the east of a house means ful-
filment of all desires, and Udumbara tree in the south, Pippala in the west
and Plakṣa in the north are productive of good,—everything else is to be
strictly forbidden.
25. One should do well to avoid Aśvattha tree in the east of a house,
Plakṣa tree in the south, Banyan tree in the west and Udumbara in the north :