ta ekadā nimeḥ satram
upajagmur yadṛcchayā
vitāyamānam ṛṣibhir
ajanābhe mahātmanaḥ

 te - they; ekadā - once; nimeḥ - of King Nimi; satram - the soma sacrifice; upajagmuḥ - they approached; yadṛcchayā - as they wished; vitāyamānam - being carried out; ṛṣibhiḥ - by sages; ajanābhe - in Ajanābha (the old name for Bhārata-varṣa); mahā-ātmanaḥ - of the great soul.


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Once in Ajanābha [the former name of the earth], they came upon the sacrificial performance of the great soul Mahārāja Nimi, which was being carried out under the direction of elevated sages.

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