[63] In the shade of whatever tree one would sit or lie down,
one should not break a branch of that tree; for a betrayer of friends is evil.
But when a need has arisen, one may pull it up even root and all;
I had need even of provisions — so the monkey has been well slain by me.
If that meaning (attha) and that principle (dhamma) are good and not evil,
and if your word, sir, is true, then the monkey has been well slain by me.
For if you would recognize the fault of your own doctrine (vāda),
you would not censure me; for such, sir, is your doctrine.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.