The god Mārtanda, the dispeller of darkness, on that occasion told that I will bestow upon him the hundredth part of my brilliance,
मार्तण्डस्त्वब्रवीत्तत्र भगवांस्तिमिरापहः। तेजसोऽस्य मदीयस्य ददामि शतिका कलाम्॥