Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Śabalā Feeds King Viśvāmitra and his Entourage
Text 1.53.12
नाहं शतसहस्रेण नापि कोटिशतैर्गवाम्।
राजन्दास्यामि शबलां राशिभी रजतस्य वा॥
nāhaṁ śata-sahasreṇa nāpi koṭi-śatair gavām
rājan dāsyāmi śabalāṁ rāśibhī rajatasya vā
na = neither; aham = I; śata-sahasreṇa = for 100,000; na api = nor; koṭi-śataiḥ gavām = 1,000,000,000 cows; rājan = O king; dāsyāmi = will I give away; śabalām = Śabalā; rāśibhīḥ rajatasya vā = nor for heaps of silver.
O king, neither for 100,000 nor for 1,000,000,000 cows, nor for heaps of silver will I give away Śabalā.