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

SCIENCE OF ARBORI-HORTICULTURE IN ANCIENT INDIA 75
72. One should water them every alternate day in autumn and in
winter ; every day in spring and twice a day during the summer, i.e., once in
the morning and once in the afternoon.
73. During the rainy and autumn seasons when it does not rain one
should fill the circular ditch under the tree with water.
74. One should go on applying water till the earth attached to the roots
of the tree becomes wet ; one should not measure the quantity of water
applied to this purpose.
75. Trees suffer from indigestion if the water in the ditches is not dried
up, hence one should not pour fresh water in it till that is the case.
76. A person versed in the laws should not hesitate, in the interest of
trees, to extirpate the weeds, creepers and shrubs which grow beside them.
VIII. HERE BEGINS THE SECTION CALLED DRUMA-RAKSHA—
THE RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF TREES
77. One should carefully protect trees against (destructive influence of)
dew, strong wind, smoke, fire and spiders.
78. Trees blessed with flowers should be placed in the middle of the
row of trees ; and the fruits of those which produce good fruits should be
kept covered, and all trees should be well protected with walls having ditches
around them.
79. One should take up the ashes of trees struck by lightning, throw
the same round other trees and this will ensure the latter against cold. These
have the power to allay (extinguish) even the burning fire.
80. Throwing boiled Śāli rice of white variety mixed with curd and rock
salt round trees ensures their protection against poisonous (harmfull) rain
injurious to them.
81. If one apprehends danger from mice, locusts, ants, etc., one should
utter the following formula (mantra) 108 times, and write it down on the leaf
of a tree.
Oṃ svasti kiṣkindhāsthita prakaṭaparākramāntarhitārkamaṇḍalopajīvitasya ca
Śrīhanumānājñapayati mūṣakapataṅgapīpilīkāśalabhakarabhānvakakīṭagandhi-
kānivahairnasthātavyam. Ājñāmatikramamāṇasya śarīranīgraha samāvartayati.
Tasya vānarasīṃhasya kramamāṇasya sāgaram. Kakṣāntaragato vāyurjīmūta
iva nardati. Huṃ phaṭ namaḥ.
82. And after writing down the (above) formula on the leaf and reciting
it one should burry it in the ground under the tree. This will lead to the
destruction of locusts, mice and ants of the field.