The king said If, O Brahmana, you are really prepared to give me the excellent reward of your recitation, then let half that reward be mine, you also take at the same time half the reward that I myself have gained by my acts.
राजोवाच यदि विप्र विसृष्टं ते जप्यस्य फलमुत्तमम्। आवयोर्यत् फलं किञ्चित् सहितं नौ तदस्त्विह॥