Hence it is that gold came to be regarded as the foremost of all things and the ornament of the very gods. It was from this incident that gold came to be called by the name of Jatarupam.
ततः प्रभृति चाप्येतज्जातरूपमुदाहृतम्। रत्नानामुत्तमं रत्नं भूषणानां तथैव च॥