शौनक उवाच हत्वा स्वरिक्थस्पृध आततायिनो युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठ: । सहानुजै: प्रत्यवरुद्धभोजन: कथं प्रवृत्त: किमकारषीत्तत: ॥ १ ॥
saunaka uvaca hatva svariktha-sprdha atatayino yudhisthiro dharma-bhrtam varisthah sahanujaih pratyavaruddha-bhojanah katham pravrttah kim akarasit tatah
- saunakah uvaca
- Saunaka inquired
- hatva
- after killing
- svariktha
- the legal inheritance
- sprdhah
- desiring to usurp
- atatayinah
- the aggressor
- yudhisthirah
- King Yudhisthira
- dharma-bhrtam
- of those who strictly follow religious principles
- varisthah
- greatest
- saha-anujaih
- with his younger brothers
- pratyavaruddha
- restricted
- bhojanah
- acceptance of necessities
- katham
- how
- pravrttah
- engaged
- kim
- what
- akarasit
- executed
- tatah
- thereafter
Saunaka Muni asked: After killing his enemies who desired to usurp his rightful inheritance, how did the greatest of all religious men, Maharaja Yudhisthira, assisted by his brothers, rule his subjects? Surely he could not freely enjoy his kingdom with unrestricted consciousness.