taṁ nirvartyāgato guruḥ
taṁ nirvartyāgato guruḥ
aśapat patatād deho
nimeḥ paṇḍita-māninaḥ
After completing the sacrifice for King Indra, the guru Vasiṣṭha returned and found that his disciple Mahārāja Nimi had disobeyed his instructions. Thus Vasiṣṭha cursed him, saying, "May the material body of Nimi, who considers himself learned, immediately fall."
Having completed Indra’s sacrifice Vasiṣṭha returned, and saw that his disciple Nimi had ignored his instruction.
|| 9.13.5 ||
nimiḥ pratidadau śāpaṁ
gurave 'dharma-vartine
tavāpi patatād deho
lobhād dharmam ajānataḥ
Mahārāja Nimi countercursed his guru who was on the path of irreligion. "Your body should also fall, because of your greed and ignorance of dharma.”
His guru was on the path of adharma since he had greed for donations from Indra and Nimi.
|| 9.13.6 ||
ity utsasarja svaṁ dehaṁ
nimir adhyātma-kovidaḥ
mitrā-varuṇayor jajñe
urvaśyāṁ prapitāmahaḥ
After saying this, Mahārāja Nimi, who was expert in the science of spiritual knowledge, gave up his body. Vasiṣṭha, the great-grandfather, gave up his body also, but through the semen discharged by Mitra and Varuṇa when they saw Urvaśī, he was born again.
Vasiṣṭha (prapitāmaḥ) gave up his body but was born from Mitra and Varuṇa. On seeing Urvaśī they discharged semen which was kept in a pot. Śruti says kumbhe retaḥ siṣicatuḥ samānam: they discharged their semen in a pot in equal amounts. (Ṛg Veda 7.33.13)
|| 9.13.7 ||
gandha-vastuṣu tad-dehaṁ
nidhāya muni-sattamāḥ
samāpte satra-yāge ca
devān ūcuḥ samāgatān
The body relinquished by Mahārāja Nimi was preserved in fragrant substances. At the end of the Satra sacrifice the great sages made a request to all the devatās assembled there.
Tad-deham means the body of Nimi.
|| 9.13.8 ||
rājño jīvatu deho 'yaṁ
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