Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1
Sanskrit:
श्रीशुक उवाचनिमिरिक्ष्वाकुतनयो वसिष्ठमवृतर्त्विजम् ।आरभ्य सत्रं सोऽप्याह शक्रेण प्राग्वृतोऽस्मि भो: ॥ १ ॥
ITRANS:
śrī-śuka uvācanimir ikṣvāku-tanayovasiṣṭham avṛtartvijamārabhya satraṁ so ’py āhaśakreṇa prāg vṛto ’smi bhoḥ
Translation:
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After beginning sacrifices, Mahārāja Nimi, the son of Ikṣvāku, requested the great sage Vasiṣṭha to take the post of chief priest. At that time, Vasiṣṭha replied, “My dear Mahārāja Nimi, I have already accepted the same post in a sacrifice begun by Lord Indra.”