अशक्यमिति सोवाच वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः। तं वयं वै समाहर्तुं क्रतुं शक्ताः कथंचन॥
aśakyamiti sovāca vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ| taṃ vayaṃ vai samāhartuṃ kratuṃ śaktāḥ kathaṃcana||
English Meaning
That worshipful saint said, that he was incapable (of accomplishing this), how can we then undertake that sacrifice?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)