अथ हैन विदग्धः शाकल्यः पप्रच्छ कति देवा याज्ञवल्क्येति स हैतयैव नि-विदा प्रतिपेदे यावन्तो वैश्वदेवस्य नि-विद्युच्यन्ते त्रयश्च त्री च शता त्रयश्च त्री च सहस्रेत्योमिति होवाच कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येति त्रयस्त्रिंशदित्योमि-ति होवाच कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येति षडित्योमिति होवाच कत्येव देवा याज्ञ-वल्क्येति त्रय इत्योमिति होवाच कत्येव
In plain words
Then clever Śākalya asked him, ‘How many gods are there, Yājñavalkya?’ And he answered straight out of the old litany: ‘As many as are named in the invocation of the All-Gods — three thousand and three, three hundred and three.’ ‘Om,’ said Śākalya. ‘But really — how many gods, Yājñavalkya?’ ‘Thirty-three.’ ‘Om.’ ‘Really — how many gods?’ ‘Six.’ ‘Om.’ ‘Really — how many gods?’ ‘Three.’ ‘Om.’ ‘Really…’ — and there the page breaks off, mid-question.
Close to the Sanskrit
Then indeed clever Śākalya asked him: 'How many gods, Yājñavalkya?' He, by this very nivid-formula, ascertained: 'as many as are recited in the nivid of the Viśvedevas — three and three hundred, three and three thousand.' 'Om,' he said. 'Just how many gods, Yājñavalkya?' 'Thirty-three.' 'Om,' he said. 'Just how many gods, Yājñavalkya?' 'Six.' 'Om,' he said. 'Just how many gods, Yājñavalkya?' 'Three.' 'Om,' he said. 'Just how many…' [the passage breaks off here].