कृष्ण: परिजनं प्राह भगवान् देवकीसुत: । ब्रह्मण्यदेवो धर्मात्मा राजन्याननुशिक्षयन् ॥ ३१ ॥
kṛṣṇaḥ parijanaṁ prāha bhagavān devakī-sutaḥ brahmaṇya-devo dharmātmā rājanyān anuśikṣayan
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- parijanam
- His personal associates
- prāha
- addressed
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Personality
- devakī-sutaḥ
- son of Devakī
- brahmaṇya
- devoted to the brāhmaṇas
- devaḥ
- God
- dharma
- of religion
- ātmā
- the soul
- rājanyān
- the royal class
- anuśikṣayan
- in effect instructing
The Supreme Personality of Godhead — Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī — who is especially devoted to the brāhmaṇas and who embodies the essence of religion, then spoke to His personal associates and thus instructed the royal class in general.