तं निर्वर्त्यागमिष्यामि तावन्मां प्रतिपालय । तूष्णीमासीद् गृहपति: सोऽपीन्द्रस्याकरोन्मखम् ॥ २ ॥
tam nirvartyagamisyami tavan mam pratipalaya tusnim asid grha-patih so ’pindrasyakaron makham
- tam
- that sacrifice
- nirvartya
- after finishing
- agamisyami
- I shall come back
- tavat
- until that time
- mam
- me (Vasistha)
- pratipalaya
- wait for
- tusnim
- silent
- asit
- remained
- grha-patih
- Maharaja Nimi
- sah
- he, Vasistha
- api
- also
- indrasya
- of Lord Indra
- akarot
- executed
- makham
- the sacrifice.
I shall return here after finishing the yajna for Indra. Kindly wait for me until then Maharaja Nimi remained silent, and Vasistha began to perform the sacrifice for Lord Indra.