sa cintayan dvyaksaramekadambhasy
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-of 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.