mamedam ṛṣibhir dattam
mamedam ṛṣibhir dattam
iti tarhi sma mānavaḥ
syān nau te pitari praśnaḥ
pṛṣṭavān pitaraṁ yathā
"The wealth belongs to me. The sages have given it to me." Then the stranger said, “Let us ask your father." In accordance with this, Nābhāga inquired from his father.
Nābhāga (mānavaḥ) said “This belongs to me.” The question should be asked to your father concerning our dispute. The last sentence is Śukadeva’s statement.
|| 9.4.8 ||
yajña-vāstu-gataṁ sarvam
ucchiṣṭam ṛṣayaḥ kvacit
cakrur hi bhāgaṁ rudrāya
sa devaḥ sarvam arhati
The father of Nābhāga said: The remnants of whatever the great sages sacrificed in the arena of the Dakṣa-yajña are the share of Lord Śiva. But actually everything belongs to him.
The father spoke. Dakṣādhvare uccheṣana-bhāgaḥ vai rudre: in the Dakṣa sacrifice the remnants belong to Śiva. However, everything belongs to him, what to speak of the remnants of the sacrifice.
|| 9.4.9 ||
nābhāgas taṁ praṇamyāha
taveśa kila vāstukam
ity āha me pitā brahmañ
chirasā tvāṁ prasādaye
Offering obeisances to Lord Śiva, Nābhāga said: O lord! Brahman! Everything in this arena of sacrifice is yours. This is the assertion of my father. Bowing my head, I please you.
Bowing my head (verb should be supplied), I please you.
|| 9.4.10 ||
yat te pitāvadad dharmaṁ
tvaṁ ca satyaṁ prabhāṣase
dadāmi te mantra-dṛśo
jñānaṁ brahma sanātanam
Lord Śiva said: Whatever your father has said is the truth, and you also are speaking the same truth. Therefore, I, who know the Vedic mantras, shall explain transcendental knowledge to you.
Śiva spoke. This conversation is famous in the śruti. Vahvṛca-brāhmaṇa says nābhāge diṣtām śaṁsati: he spoke teachings to Nābhaga.
|| 9.4.11 ||
gṛhāṇa draviṇaṁ dattaṁ
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