Commentary for Bava Metzia 184:10

ונימא להו איבעי לכו אסוקי אדעתייכו דלמא משלי באתרא דההוא דשריק ההוא משלי

Now should you Say, he eats of Heaven's [gift], why must he redeem [the fruit] and let them eat it? Surely the All-Merciful conferred no privilege upon them in respect of that which is forbidden! — There it is because it looks like an erroneous bargain. [If so,] consider the second clause: If his figs cakes were broken,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., after having been pressed into cakes, the cakes were accidentally broken up, and labourers were engaged to re-press them. ');">¹⁰</span>

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