तस्मादिदं दैवतन्त्रं व्यवस्य भरतर्षभ । तस्यानुविहितोऽनाथा नाथ पाहि प्रजा: प्रभो ॥ १७ ॥
tasmad idam daiva-tantram vyavasya bharatarsabha tasyanuvihito ’natha natha pahi prajah prabho
- tasmat
- therefore
- idam
- this
- daiva-tantram
- enchantment of providence only
- vyavasya
- ascertaining
- bharata-rsabha
- O best among the descendants of Bharata
- tasya
- by Him
- anuvihitah
- as desired
- anathah
- helpless
- natha
- O master
- pahi
- just take care of
- prajah
- of the subjects
- prabho
- O Lord.
O best among the descendants of Bharata (Yudhisthira), I maintain, therefore, that all this is within the plan of the Lord. Accepting the inconceivable plan of the Lord, you must follow it. You are now the appointed administrative head, and, my lord, you should now take care of those subjects who are now rendered helpless.