Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 118

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akratvaṅgamatastakraṃ na śatakratunā hutam /
nādattamiti vākyārthāt takraṃ śakrasya durlabham //

Buttermilk is not an auxiliary part of a sacrifice, so Śatakratu never offered it in oblation; / from the principle that 'nothing is received that was not given', buttermilk is hard to obtain even for Śakra.