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