While thus engaged in thinking, in the water, Brahmājī heard twice from nearby two syllables joined together. One of the syllables was taken from the sixteenth and the other from the twenty-first of the sparśa alphabets, and both joined to become the wealth of the renounced order of life.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
स चिन्तयन् द्व्यक्षरमेकदाम्भसि उपाशृणोद्द्विर्गदितं वचो विभुः । स्पर्शेषु यत्षोडशमेकविंशं निष्किञ्चनानां नृप यद्धनं विदुः
sa cintayan dvyakṣaramekadāmbhasi upāśṛṇoddvirgaditaṃ vaco vibhuḥ | sparśeṣu yatṣoḍaśamekaviṃśaṃ niṣkiñcanānāṃ nṛpa yaddhanaṃ viduḥ
SB 2.9.6