व्यासाद्यैरीश्वरेहाज्ञै: कृष्णेनाद्भुतकर्मणा । प्रबोधितोऽपीतिहासैर्नाबुध्यत शुचार्पित: ॥ ४६ ॥
vyasadyair isvarehajnaih krsnenadbhuta-karmana prabodhito ’pitihasair nabudhyata sucarpitah
- vyasa-adyaih
- by great sages headed by Vyasa
- isvara
- the almighty God
- iha
- by the will of
- jnaih
- by the learned
- krsnena
- by Krsna Himself
- adbhuta-karmana
- by one who performs all superhuman work
- prabodhitah
- being solaced
- api
- although
- itihasaih
- by evidences from the histories
- na
- not
- abudhyata
- satisfied
- suca arpitah
- distressed.
King Yudhisthira, who was much aggrieved, could not be convinced, despite instructions by great sages headed by Vyasa and the Lord Krsna Himself, the performer of superhuman feats, and despite all historical evidence.