अथाप्याश्रावये ब्रह्म नरलोकविडम्बनम् । राज्ञ: पैतृष्वस्रेयस्य भक्तस्य च चिकीर्षितम् ॥ ४० ॥
athāpy āśrāvaye brahma nara-loka-viḍambanam rājñaḥ paitṛ-ṣvasreyasya bhaktasya ca cikīrṣitam
- atha api
- nonetheless
- āśrāvaye
- I shall tell
- brahma
- O Supreme Truth
- nara-loka
- of human society
- viḍambanam
- (to You) who imitate
- rājñaḥ
- of the King (Yudhiṣṭhira)
- paitṛ
- of Your father
- svasreyasya
- of the sister’s son
- bhaktasya
- Your devotee
- ca
- and
- cikīrṣitam
- the intentions
Nonetheless, O Supreme Truth playing the part of a human being, I shall tell You what Your devotee Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the son of Your father’s sister, intends to do.