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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 4]
TRANSLATION
Nābhāga's father continued: "Go to those great souls and describe two Vedic hymns pertaining to Vaiśvadeva. When the great sages have completed the sacrifice and are going to the heavenly planets, they will give you the remnants of the money they have received from the sacrifice. Therefore, go there immediately." Thus Nābhāga acted exactly according to the advice of his father, and the great sages of the Aṅgirā dynasty gave him all their wealth and then went to the heavenly planets.
TEXT 6
तं कश्चित् स्वीकरिष्यन्तं पुरुषः कृष्णदर्शनः । उवाचोत्तरतोऽभ्येत्य ममेदं वास्तुकं वसु ॥ ६ ॥
tam kaścit svīkariṣyantam puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa-darśanaḥ uvācottarato 'bhyetya mamedam vāstukam vasu
tam —unto Nābhāga;  kaścit —someone;  svīkariṣyantam —while accepting the riches given by the great sages;  puruṣaḥ —a person;  kṛṣṇa-darśanaḥ —black-looking;  uvāca —said;  uttarataḥ —from the north;  abhyetya —coming;  mama —my;  idam —these;  vāstukam —remnants of the sacrifice;  vasu —all the riches.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, while Nābhāga was accepting the riches, a black-looking person from the north came to him and said, "All the wealth from this sacrificial arena belongs to me."
TEXT 7
ममेदमृषिभिर्दत्तमिति तर्हि स मानवः । स्यान्नौ ते पितरि प्रश्नः पृष्टवान् पितरं यथा ॥ ७ ॥
mamedam ṛṣibhir dattam iti tarhi sma mānavaḥ