Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 16

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akaparddakasya viphalaṃ januriti jānīmahe maheśo'pi /
śirasi kṛtena kaparddī bhavati jaṭājūṭakenāpi //

We know that the birth of a man without a cowrie is useless, / for even Maheśa becomes a possessor of cowries [kapardī] merely by the matted hair placed on his head.