नैमिषेऽनिमिषक्षेत्रे ऋशयः शौनकादयः। सत्त्रं स्वर्गाय लोकाय सहस्रसममासत॥४॥

ॐ

English Translation

The Seers (ṛṣayaḥ), beginning with (ādayaḥ) Śaunaka (śaunaka), performed (āsata) a great Soma sacrifice (sattram)1 lasting a thousand (sahasra) years (samam) in the Naimiṣa woods --i.e. Naimiṣa forest-- (naimiṣe), a place (kṣetre) (sacred to) Animiṣa --i.e. "the One who does not wink", an epithet of Viṣṇu-- (animiṣa). (They did so) in order to attain the Celestial (svargāya) World (lokāya)2||4||