ममेदमृषिभिर्दत्तमिति तर्हि स्म मानवः ।
स्यान्नौ ते पितरि प्रश्नः पृष्टवान् पितरं यथा ॥७॥

mamedam ṛṣibhir dattam
iti tarhi sma mānavaḥ
syān nau te pitari praśnaḥ
pṛṣṭavān pitaraṁ yathā

 mama - my; idam - all these; ṛṣibhiḥ - by the great saintly persons; dattam - have been delivered; iti - thus; tarhi - therefore; sma - indeed; mānavaḥ - Nābhāga; syāt - let there be; nau - of ourselves; te - your; pitari - unto the father; praśnaḥ - an inquiry; pṛṣṭavān - he also inquired; pitaram - from his father; yathā - as requested.


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Nābhāga then said, “These riches belong to me. The great saintly persons have delivered them to me.” When Nābhāga said this, the black-looking person replied, “Let us go to your father and ask him to settle our disagreement.” In accordance with this, Nābhāga inquired from his father.

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