यावत्य: सिकता भूमेर्यावत्यो दिवि तारका: । यावत्यो वर्षधाराश्च तावतीरददं स्म गा: ॥ १२ ॥
yāvatyaḥ sikatā bhūmer yāvatyo divi tārakāḥ yāvatyo varṣa-dhārāś ca tāvatīr adadaṁ sma gāḥ
- yāvatyaḥ
- as many
- sikatāḥ
- grains of sand
- bhūmeḥ
- belonging to the earth
- yāvatyaḥ
- as many
- divi
- in the sky
- tārakāḥ
- stars
- yāvatyaḥ
- as many
- varṣa
- of a rainfall
- dhārāḥ
- drops
- ca
- and
- tāvatīḥ
- that many
- adadam
- I gave
- sma
- indeed
- gāḥ
- cows
I gave in charity as many cows as there are grains of sand on the earth, stars in the heavens, or drops in a rain shower.