Text 8] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni 91

sydn nau te pitari prasnah
prstavan pitaram yatha

mama—my; idam—all these; rsibhih—by the great saintly persons;
dattam—have been delivered; iti—thus; tarhi—therefore; sma—in-
deed; manavah—Nabhaga; syat—let there be; nau—of ourselves; te—
your; pitari—unto the father; prasnah—an inquiry; prstavaén—he also
inquired; pitaram—from his father; yatha—as requested.

TRANSLATION

Nabhaga then said, “These riches belong to me. The great
saintly persons have delivered them to me.”” When Nabhaga said
this, the black-looking person replied, “‘Let us go to your father
and ask him to settle our disagreement.” In accordance with this,

Nabhaga inquired from his father.

TEXT 8

TRI WaekseTT: wT |
wafé ant mM a ta: akan ian

yajna-vastu-gatam sarvam
ucchistam rsayah kvacit
cakrur hi bhagam rudraya

sa devah sarvam arhati

yajfia-vastu-gatam—things belonging to the sacrificial arena; sarvam-
—everything; ucchistam—remnants; rsayah—the great sages; kvacit—
sometimes, in the Daksa-yajiia; cakruh—did so; hi—indeed,; bhagam—
share; rudraya—unto Lord Siva; sah—that; devah— —demigod; sar-
vam—everything; arhati—deserves.

TRANSLATION

The father of Nabhaga said: Whatever the great sages sacrificed
in the arena of the Daksa-yajfia, they offered to Lord Siva as his
share. Therefore, everything in the sacrificial arena certainly
belongs to Lord Siva.
