Verse 11·VR 1.53.11

नाहं शतसहस्रेण नापि कोटिशतैर्गवाम् || १-५३-११ राजन् दास्यामि शबलां राशिभी रजतस्य वा |

na parityaagam arhaa iyam mat sakaashaat arindama || 1-53-12 shaashvatii shabalaa mahyam kiirtir aatmavato yathaa |

Translation

I cannot afford Shabala, neither by the barter of a hundred thousand cows, nor by hundreds of millions of cows, nor by lots and lots of silver, either. [1-53-11b, 12a]

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b, 12a. raajan

oh king

aham

I

gavaam shatasahasreNa

cows, by hundred thousand

shabalaam na daasyaami

I will not afford Shabala

koTishataiH api

by millions hundreds [of cows,] even

na

I do not give

rajatasya raashibhiH

of silver, lots

vaa

either - I do not give.

Chapter context

53

Vishvamitra tries to gain Kamadhenu

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