Manasara 5.17

5.17

śoṣitaṃ dhanadhānyānāṃ kṣayaṃ klinne vināśitam
paritastu mṛdā garte pūrite madhyamā mahī

If dried up, there is loss of wealth and grain; if turned to mud, destruction. / When the pit is filled back with the earth all around, if level, the earth is middling;