Example: MS 1.3.26
| Text | | Numbering |
|---|
| With line end markers |
| kadā cana starīr asi nendra saścasi dāśuṣe / | MS 1.3.26.1.1 |
| upopen nu maghavan bhūyā in nu te dānaṃ devasya pṛcyate // | MS 1.3.26.1.2 |
| upayāmagṛhīto 'sy ādityebhyas tvā // | MS 1.3.26.2 |
| Without any line end markers |
| kadā cana starīr asi nendra saścasi dāśuṣe | MS 1.3.26.1 |
| upopen nu maghavan bhūyā in nu te dānaṃ devasya pṛcyate | MS 1.3.26.2 |
| upayāmagṛhīto 'sy ādityebhyas tvā | MS 1.3.26.3 |
| Breaking up the prose part, with line end markers |
| kadā cana starīr asi nendra saścasi dāśuṣe / | MS 1.3.26.1.1 |
| upopen nu maghavan bhūyā in nu te dānaṃ devasya pṛcyate // | MS 1.3.26.1.2 |
| upayāmagṛhīto 'si / | MS 1.3.26.2.1 |
| ādityebhyas tvā // | MS 1.3.26.2.2 |
| Alternatively, each prose sentence becomes a single counting unit |
| kadā cana starīr asi nendra saścasi dāśuṣe / | MS 1.3.26.1.1 |
| upopen nu maghavan bhūyā in nu te dānaṃ devasya pṛcyate // | MS 1.3.26.1.2 |
| upayāmagṛhīto 'si // | MS 1.3.26.2 |
| ādityebhyas tvā // | MS 1.3.26.3 |
You can use any unique combination of line end markers for single and double dandas, e.g. | and ||, or / and //, or & and #, or ...