Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.13.3
నిమిశ్చలమిదం విద్వాన్ సత్రమారభతాత్మవాన్ ।
ఋత్విగ్భిరపరైస్తావన్నాగమద్ యావతా గురు: ॥ ౩ ॥
nimiś calam idaṁ vidvān
[nimish chalam idam vidvaan]
satram ārabhatātmavān
[satram aarabhataatmavaan]
ṛtvigbhir aparais tāvan
[ritvigbhir aparais taavan]
nāgamad yāvatā guruḥ
[naagamad yaavataa guruh]
Word-for-word
nimiḥ
—
Mahārāja Nimi
calam
—
flickering, subject to end at any moment
idam
—
this (life)
vidvān
—
being completely aware of this fact
satram
—
the sacrifice
ārabhata
—
inaugurated
ātmavān
—
self-realized person
ṛtvigbhiḥ
—
by priests
aparaiḥ
—
other than Vasiṣṭha
tāvat
—
for the time being
na
—
not
āgamat
—
returned
yāvatā
—
so long
guruḥ
—
his spiritual master (Vasiṣṭha).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nimiś calam idaṁ vidvān
nimiḥ
Mahārāja Nimi
calam
flickering, subject to end at any moment
idam
this (life)
vidvān
being completely aware of this fact
satram ārabhatātmavān
satram
the sacrifice
ārabhata
inaugurated
ātmavān
self-realized person
ṛtvigbhir aparais tāvan
ṛtvigbhiḥ
by priests
aparaiḥ
other than Vasiṣṭha
tāvat
for the time being
nāgamad yāvatā guruḥ
na
not
āgamat
returned
yāvatā
so long
guruḥ
his spiritual master (Vasiṣṭha).
Mahārāja Nimi, being a self-realized soul, considered that this life is flickering. Therefore, instead of waiting long for Vasiṣṭha, he began performing the sacrifice with other priests.
Purport
Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says, śarīraṁ kṣaṇa-vidhvāṁsi kalpānta-sthāyino guṇāḥ: “The duration of one’s life in the material world may end at any moment, but if within this life one does something worthy, that qualification is depicted in history eternally.” Here is a great personality, Mahārāja Nimi, who knew this fact. In the human form of life one should perform activities in such a way that at the end he goes back home, back to Godhead. This is self-realization.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Mahārāja Nimi, being intelligent, understood that this life is flickering, and instead of waiting for Vasiṣṭha, began performing the sacrifice with other priests.
Knowing that this life is uncertain, since he was very intelligent (ātmavān), he performed the sacrifice with other priests.
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