स चिन्तयन् द्वयक्षरमेकदाम्भ- स्युपाशृणोद् द्विर्गदितं वचो विभु: । स्पर्शेषु यत्षोडशमेकविंशं निष्किञ्चनानां नृप यद् धनं विदु: ॥ ६ ॥
sa cintayan dvy-aksaram ekadambhasy upasrnod dvir-gaditam vaco vibhuh sparsesu yat sodasam ekavimsam niskincananam nrpa yad dhanam viduh
- sah
- he
- cintayan
- while thus thinking
- dvi
- two
- aksaram
- syllables
- ekada
- once upon a time
- ambhasi
- in the water
- upasrnot
- heard it nearby
- dvih
- twice
- gaditam
- uttered
- vacah
- words
- vibhuh
- the great
- sparsesu
- in the sparsa letters
- yat
- which
- sodasam
- the sixteenth
- ekavimsam
- and the twenty-first
- niskincananam
- of the renounced order of life
- nrpa
- O King
- yat
- what is
- dhanam
- wealth
- viduh
- as it is known
While thus engaged in thinking, in the water, Brahmaji heard twice from nearby two syllables joined together. One of the syllables was taken from the sixteenth and the other from the twenty-first of the sparsa alphabets, and both joined to become the wealth of the renounced order of life.