वनस्पतेरपक्वानि फलानि प्रचिनोति यः |
स नाप्नोति रसं तेभ्यो बीजं चास्य विनश्यति ||
vanaspater apakvāni phalāni pracinoti yaḥ |
sa nāpnoti rasaṁ tebhyo bījaṁ cāsya vinaśyati ||
(Vidura-nīti; Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāra)
“One who picks the unripened fruits of a tree does not get any juice (rasa) from them, and its [i.e., the tree’s] seed is also destroyed.”