Mahabharat

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ते वै पिपीलिकं नाम वरदत्तं पिपीलिकैः जातरूपं दरॊण मेयम अहार्षुः पुञ्जशॊ नृपाः ।। २-४८-४ ।।

sanskrit

'They brought heaps of gold as tribute. This gold, measured in jars (dronas), was extracted from beneath the earth by ants and thus named after these creatures.' ।। 2-48-4 ।।

english translation

te vai pipIlikaM nAma varadattaM pipIlikaiH jAtarUpaM daròNa meyama ahArSuH puJjazò nRpAH || 2-48-4 ||

hk transliteration