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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-rājye — in his own kingdom; sthāpya — installing; dharmajam — Mahārāja 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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