I have heard, O foremost of men, that there lived in the days of yore a highly illustrious, truthful and pure-minded king, ever devoted to the Brahmanas, by the name Nrga.
श्रूयते हि पुरा राजा नृगो नाम महायशाः। बभूव पृथिवीपालो ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवाक्शुचिः॥