Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 3: The Lord's Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.3.16

evaḿ sañcintya bhagavān

sva-rājye sthāpya dharmajam

nandayām āsa suhṛdaḥ

sādhūnāḿ vartma darśayan

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; sañcintya — thinking within Himself; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; sva-rājyein his own kingdom; sthāpya — installing; dharmajamMahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; nandayām āsa — gladdened; suhṛdaḥ — the friends; sādhūnām — of the saints; vartma — the path; darśayan — by indicating.

TRANSLATION

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, thus thinking to Himself, established Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in the position of supreme control of the world in order to show the ideal of administration on the path of piety.

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