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

