भगवांस्तत्र निवसन् स्वानां प्रियचिकीर्षया । अग्नये खाण्डवं दातुमर्जुनस्यास सारथि: ॥ २५ ॥
bhagavāṁs tatra nivasan svānāṁ priya-cikīrṣayā agnaye khāṇḍavaṁ dātum arjunasyāsa sārathiḥ
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- tatra
- there
- nivasan
- residing
- svānām
- for His own (devotees)
- priya
- pleasure
- cikīrṣayā
- desiring to give
- agnaye
- to Agni, the demigod of fire
- khāṇḍavam
- the Khāṇḍava forest
- dātum
- in order to give
- arjunasya
- of Arjuna
- āsa
- He became
- sārathiḥ
- the chariot driver
The Supreme Lord stayed in that city for some time to please His devotees. On one occasion, Śrī Kṛṣṇa wanted to give the Khāṇḍava forest as a gift to Agni, and so the Lord became Arjuna’s charioteer.