निवृत्तेष्वश्वमेधेषु राजा युष्मत्पितामह: । शृण्वन् भगवतो धर्मानपृच्छदिदमच्युतम् ॥ ६ ॥
nivṛtteṣv aśva-medheṣu rājā yuṣmat-pitāmahaḥ śṛṇvan bhagavato dharmān apṛcchad idam acyutam
- nivṛtteṣu
- when they were completed
- aśva-medheṣu
- his performances of the horse sacrifice
- rājā
- the King (Yudhiṣṭhira)
- yuṣmat
- your (Parīkṣit’s)
- pitāmahāḥ
- grandfather
- śṛṇvan
- while hearing
- bhagavataḥ
- from the Supreme Lord (Kṛṣṇa)
- dharmān
- religious principles
- apṛcchat
- he asked
- idam
- this
- acyutam
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Your grandfather, King Yudhiṣṭhira, after completing his Aśvamedha sacrifices, asked Lord Acyuta this very same question while hearing the Lord’s explanation of religious principles.