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What is the significance of this verse? "Gopi bhagya madhuvrata srngiso dadhi sandhiga khala jivita khatava gala hala rasandara" (translation : Oh Lord annointed with the yogurt of the milk-maids worship (Krishna), Oh savior of the fallen, Oh Master of Shiva, please protect me)

  1. The ancient Indian mathematicians used to recite this daily to sharpen their skills in Mathematics.

  2. The Vaishnavite Mathematicians used to utter this chant to show their dominance over the Shaivites.

  3. pi

  4. The first verse from Aryabhatiya

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Explanation

This Sanskrit verse is a katapayadi mnemonic encoding the value of pi to 32 decimal places - 'Gopi bhagya...' = 3.1415926535897932384626433832792. Ancient Indian mathematicians used such clever word-numbers to memorize mathematical constants.