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नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ सनत्कुमार शम्भोस्त्ववतारं परमं शृणु ॥ नभगज्ञानदं कृष्णदर्शनाह्वयमुत्तमम् ॥ १ ॥
Nandīśvara said:— O Sanatkumāra, listen to the description of the great incarnation of Śiva, the excellent Kṛṣṇadarśana who gave perfect wisdom to Nabhaga.
english translation
इक्ष्वाकुप्रमुखा आसन्श्राद्धदेवसुताश्च ये ॥ नभगस्तत्र नवमो नाभगस्तत्सुतः स्मृतः ॥ २ ॥
Ikṣvāku and others were the sons of Śrāddhadeva of whom Nabhaga, was the ninth. His son was Nābhaga.
english translation
अम्बरीषस्सुतस्तस्य विष्णुभक्तो बभूव सः ॥ यस्योपरि प्रसन्नोभूद्दुर्वासा ब्रह्मभक्तितः ॥ ३ ॥
Ambarīṣa was his son who was a devotee of Viṣṇu with whom the sage Durvāsas was much pleased due to his devotion for Brahmins.
english translation
पितामहोऽम्बरीषस्य नभगो यः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ तच्चरितं शृणु मुने यस्मै ज्ञानमदाच्छिवः ॥ ४॥
O sage, the grandfather of Ambarīṣa was Nabhaga to whom Śiva imparted perfect knowledge. Listen to his story.
english translation
नभगो मनुपुत्रस्तु पठनार्थं सुबुद्धि मान् ॥ चक्रे गुरुकुले वासं बहुकालं जितेन्द्रियः ॥ ५ ॥
Nabhaga the son of Manu, highly intelligent, and with perfect control of his sense-organs stayed in the abode of his preceptors for studies for a long time.
english translation