Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10
Sanskrit:
यूयं च पित्रान्वादिष्टा देवदेवेन चानघा: ।प्रजासर्गाय हि कथं वृक्षान्निर्दग्धुमर्हथ ॥ १० ॥
ITRANS:
yūyaṁ ca pitrānvādiṣṭādeva-devena cānaghāḥprajā-sargāya hi kathaṁvṛkṣān nirdagdhum arhatha
Translation:
O pure-hearted ones, your father, Prācīnabarhi, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees and herbs, which are needed for the maintenance of your subjects and descendants?