Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 75: Duryodhana Humiliated

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.75.34-35

sabhāyāḿ maya-kḷptāyāḿ

kvāpi dharma-suto 'dhirāṭ

vṛto 'nugair bandhubhiś ca

kṛṣṇenāpi sva-cakṣuṣā

āsīnaḥ kāñcane sākṣād

āsane maghavān iva

pārameṣṭhya-śrīyā juṣṭaḥ

stūyamānaś ca vandibhiḥ

SYNONYMS

sabhāyāmin the assembly hall; maya — by Maya Dānava; kḷptāyām — constructed; kva api — on one occasion; dharma-sutaḥ — the son of Yamarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira); adhirāṭ — the emperor; vṛtaḥ — accompanied; anugaiḥ — by his attendants; bandhubhiḥ — by his family members; ca — and; kṛṣṇena — by Lord Kṛṣṇa; api — also; sva — his own; cakṣuṣā — eye; āsīnaḥ — seated; kāñcanemade of gold; sākṣātin person; āsane — on a throne; maghavān — Lord Indra; ivaas if; pārameṣṭhya — of Brahmā, or of supreme rulership; śriyā — with the opulences; juṣṭaḥ — joined; stūyamānaḥ — being praised; ca — and; vandibhiḥ — by the court poets.

TRANSLATION

It so happened that Emperor Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, was sitting just like Indra on a golden throne in the assembly hall built by Maya Dānava. Present with him were his attendants and family members, and also Lord Kṛṣṇa, his special eye. Displaying the opulences of Brahma himself, King Yudhiṣṭhira was being praised by the court poets.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that Lord Kṛṣṇa is described here as Yudhiṣṭhira's special eye since He advised the King on what was beneficial and what was not.

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