श्रीराजोवाच अप्येष वंश्यान् राजर्षीन् पुण्यश्लोकान् महात्मन: । अनुवर्तिता स्विद्यशसा साधुवादेन सत्तमा: ॥ १८ ॥
sri-rajovaca apy esa vamsyan rajarsin punya-slokan mahatmanah anuvartita svid yasasa sadhu-vadena sattamah
- sri-raja
- the all-good king (Maharaja Yudhisthira)
- uvaca
- said
- api
- whether
- esah
- this
- vamsyan
- family
- raja-rsin
- of saintly kings
- punya-slokan
- pious by the very name
- maha-atmanah
- all great souls
- anuvartita
- follower
- svit
- will it be
- yasasa
- by achievements
- sadhu-vadena
- by glorification
- sat-tamah
- O great souls.
The good King (Yudhisthira) inquired: O great souls, will he become as saintly a king, as pious in his very name and as famous and glorified in his achievements, as others who appeared in this great royal family?