9.57
sankhya lagi’ dui-hate angulite lekha
sahasradi purna haile, ange kate rekha"
SYNONYMS
sankhya lagi’-for counting; dui-hate—in two hands; angulite—on the fingers; lekha—marking; sahasra-adi—one thousand times; purna haile—when finished; ange—on the body; kate rekha—makes a mark “He counted the chants on the fingers of both hands, and after he had finished chanting one thousand times, he would make a mark on his body.”