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1. saptānāmṛṣīṇām śarīrāṇi divi rājamānāni dṛśyanti

of-7-stars bodies in-sky great-bears were-seen

2. catvāras vedās vidyante aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni

4 vedas are-known, 8 puranas,

ṣaṭtriṃśat-smṛtayas ṣaḍ-darśanāni iti viduṣām matam

36 law-books, 6 philosophies, of-scholars is-thought

3. caturṇām vedānām tu bahavas śākhā vartante

but of-4-vedas many branches exist

4. tadyathā / ṛgvedasya pañca śākhā yajurvedasya ṣaḍaśītis

namely, of-rigveda 5 brances, of-yajurveda 86,

sāmavedasya sapta atharvavedasya nava iti

of-samaveda 7, of-atharveda 9

5. sarvās samkalayya sapta ittaram śatam śākhānām śrūyate

all put-together-add 7, another-100 of-branches is-heard

6. sāmpratam catvāri sahasrāṇi nava śatāni tryaśotis ca

at-present 4983

kaliyugasya parṣāṇi atidrāntāni

of-ages years pass

7. śrovikramāt iti ādanantaram pañcapañcāśādhike

from-Shrovikrama after 55 more

śatatame saṃvatsare śakānām rājā abhiṣikta:

in-100^th-year of-Scythians king anointed

8. adhunā tu aṣṭādaśa śatāni catvāri

but now 18 hundred 4

śakānām rājña: varṣāṇi gatāni

of-Scythians kings years went

9. trīṇi lakṣāṇi gavām ṣoḍaśagrāmās ca ṛṣabhadattena brāhmanebhyas dattāni

300,000 cows and 16 villiages with-ṛsabhatatta to-priests gave

10. sa eva varṣe varṣe śatasahasram brāhmaṇānām abhojayat

year-after-year 100,000 of-priests injoyed