निमि: प्रतिददौ शापं गुरवेऽधर्मवर्तिने । तवापि पतताद् देहो लोभाद्धर्ममजानत: ॥ ५ ॥
nimih pratidadau sapam gurave ’dharma-vartine tavapi patatad deho lobhad dharmam ajanatah
- nimih
- Maharaja Nimi
- pratidadau sapam
- countercursed
- gurave
- unto his spiritual master, Vasistha
- adharma-vartine
- who was induced to irreligious principles (because he cursed his offenseless disciple)
- tava
- of you
- api
- also
- patatat
- let it fall
- dehah
- the body
- lobhat
- because of greed
- dharmam
- religious principles
- ajanatah
- not knowing.
For unnecessarily cursing him when he had committed no offense, Maharaja Nimi countercursed his spiritual master For the sake of getting contributions from the King of heaven he said, you have lost your religious intelligence. Therefore I pronounce this curse: your body also will fall