152
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 13]
TRANSLATION
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,  śarīram 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.
TEXT 4
शिष्यव्यतिक्रमं वीक्ष्य तं निर्वर्त्यागतो गुरुः। अशपत् पतताद् देहो निमेः पण्डितमानिनः ॥ ४ ॥
śiṣya-vyatikramam vikṣya tam nirvartyāgato guruḥ aśapat patatād deho nimeḥ paṇḍita-māninaḥ
śiṣya-vyatikramam —the disciple’s deviation from the order of the guru;  vikṣya —observing;  tam —the performance of  yajña  by Indra;  nirvartya —after finishing;  āgataḥ —when he returned;  guruḥ —Vasiṣṭha Muni;  aśapat —he cursed Nimi Mahārāja;  patatāt —may it fall down;  dehaḥ —the material body;  nimeḥ —of Mahārāja Nimi;  paṇḍita-māninaḥ —who considers himself so learned (as to disobey the order of his spiritual master).
TRANSLATION
After completing the sacrificial performance for King Indra, the spiritual master Vasiṣṭha returned and found that his disciple Mahārāja Nimi had disobeyed his instructions. Thus Vasiṣṭha