Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16
Sanskrit:
यदासीत्तदपि न्यूनं तेनान्यदपि सन्दधे ।तदपि द्व्यङ्गुलं न्यूनं यद् यदादत्त बन्धनम् ॥ १६ ॥
ITRANS:
yadāsīt tad api nyūnaṁtenānyad api sandadhetad api dvy-aṅgulaṁ nyūnaṁyad yad ādatta bandhanam
Translation:
This new rope also was short by a measurement of two fingers, and when another rope was joined to it, it was still two fingers too short. As many ropes as she joined, all of them failed; their shortness could not be overcome.