Thereupon Vasiştha said to Nimi, the foremost of royal_saints-"I have already been engaged by Indra. Do you therefore wait as long as his sacrifice is not finished there."
तमुवाच वसिष्ठस्तु निर्मि राजर्षिसत्तमम्। वृतोऽहं पूर्वमिन्द्रेण अन्तरं प्रतिपालय॥