Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s5.80

c5.s5.80

And why this minimum limit? The answer is given in Sloka 13 of the same chapter of Brihat-samhitā. Thus:—“the roots thereby becoming mingled together will interfere with each other’s function and will become ill at work, and fruits will not be produced (मिश्रैर्मूलैश्च न फलं सम्यगच्छन्ति पीडिताः ).”