Bhishma said Regarding it, O perpetuator of Kuru race, is recited by the righteous the narrative of the great calamity that befell king Nriga on account of his taking what had belonged to a Brahmana.
भीष्म उवाच अत्रैव कीर्त्यते सद्भिाह्मणस्वाभिमर्शने। नृगेण सुमहत् कृच्छ्रे यदवाप्तं कृरूद्वह।॥