निमिश्चलमिदं विद्वान् सत्रमारभतात्मवान् । ऋत्विग्भिरपरैस्तावन्नागमद् यावता गुरु: ॥ ३ ॥
nimis calam idam vidvan satram arabhatatmavan rtvigbhir aparais tavan nagamad yavata guruh
- nimih
- Maharaja Nimi
- calam
- flickering, subject to end at any moment
- idam
- this (life)
- vidvan
- being completely aware of this fact
- satram
- the sacrifice
- arabhata
- inaugurated
- atmavan
- self-realized person
- rtvigbhih
- by priests
- aparaih
- other than Vasistha
- tavat
- for the time being
- na
- not
- agamat
- returned
- yavata
- so long
- guruh
- his spiritual master (Vasistha).
Maharaja Nimi, being a self-realized soul, considered that this life is flickering. Therefore, instead of waiting long for Vasistha, he began performing the sacrifice with other priests.