The Legend of Naimiṣāraṇya - Verse 38
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 38
Sanskrit Original
पप्रच्छुरमितात्मानं भवद्भिर्यदहं द्विजः। प्रचोदितः स्ववंशार्थं स च तानब्रवीत्प्रभुः।।
papracchuramitātmānaṃ bhavadbhiryadahaṃ dvijaḥ| pracoditaḥ svavaṃśārthaṃ sa ca tānabravītprabhuḥ||
That sacrifice of the sages residing in Naimiṣa was like that of the thunderbolt-bearing Indra. The elderly heroic and other Ṛtviks performed the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifices separately. Riding on the backs (of horses?), they concluded all the sacrifices after distributing ten thousand (coins) as monetary gifts. After concluding their Yajña, all of them asked Vāyudeva (the wind god) the great lord of unmeasured vitality, O Brāhmaṇas, what I have been asked by you all. Urged (by them) the lord mentioned to them, the matter of his own race.