सूत उवाच युधिष्ठिरस्तदाकर्ण्य शयानं शरपञ्जरे । अपृच्छद्विविधान्धर्मानृषीणां चानुशृण्वताम् ॥ २५ ॥
suta uvaca yudhisthiras tad akarnya sayanam sara-panjare aprcchad vividhan dharman rsinam canusrnvatam
- sutah uvaca
- Sri Suta Gosvami said
- yudhisthirah
- King Yudhisthira
- tat
- that
- akarnya
- hearing
- sayanam
- lying down
- sara-panjare
- on the bed of arrows
- aprcchat
- asked
- vividhan
- multifarious
- dharman
- duties
- rsinam
- of the rsis
- ca
- and
- anusrnvatam
- hearing after.
Suta Gosvami said: Maharaja Yudhisthira, after hearing Bhismadeva speak in that appealing tone, asked him, in the presence of all the great rsis, about the essential principles of various religious duties.