Ashtavakra said : Ten is the number of the cardinal points; ten times hundred make a thousand; ten is the number of months of a woman's conception, ten are the teachers of true knowledge and ten are the haters of knowledge and ten again who are capable of obtaining it.
अष्टावक्र उवाच दिशो दशोक्ताः पुरुषस्य लोके सहस्रमाहुर्दशपूर्णं शतानि। दशैव मासान् बिभ्रति गर्भवत्यो दशैरका दश दाशा दशार्हाः॥