Gopalacampu 1.21.14

1.21.14

kiṃ ca-
phalaiḥ puṣpaiś chāyā-cchadana-samid-ādyaiś ca taravaḥ
svabhāvād viśveṣām upakṛti-vidhā dhanya-tanavaḥ |
narāḥ karhy apy eke vidhi-vaśatayā tat-kṛti-kṛtas
tato bhaktāḥ pūrve sukṛtam anu bhāktāḥ kila pare ||

Moreover: / "With fruits, flowers, shade, bark, firewood, and the like, the trees / are by nature benefactors of all, their bodies blessed. / Human beings only occasionally perform such deeds under the sway of circumstance; / therefore the former are [true] devotees, while the others are merely secondary devotees pursuing merit."