ऋषयश्च महाबाहो आहूयन्तां तपोधनाः। देशान्तरगताः सर्वे सदाराश्च द्विजातयः॥ तथैव तालावरास्तथैव नटनर्तकाः। यज्ञपाटश्च सुमहान्गोमत्या नैमिषे वने॥
ṛṣayaśca mahābāho āhūyantāṃ tapodhanāḥ| deśāntaragatāḥ sarve sadārāśca dvijātayaḥ|| tathaiva tālāvarāstathaiva naṭanartakāḥ| yajñapāṭaśca sumahāngomatyā naimiṣe vane||
English Meaning
O you having long arms, do you also invite the Rșis, having asceticism for their wealth and other pious Brāhmaṇas living in various provinces with their wives. Do you also invite actors and songsters. Do you order that a spacious, sacrificial ground may be made on the banks of the river Gomati in the Naimișa forest, O you having long arms, that part of the country is best suited and holy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)