हत्वा नृपानधर्मिष्ठान् घातयित्वार्जुनादिभि: । अञ्जसा वर्तयामास धर्मं धर्मसुतादिभि: ॥ ६५ ॥
hatvā nṛpān adharmiṣṭhān ghāṭayitvārjunādibhiḥ añjasā vartayām āsa dharmaṁ dharma-sutādibhiḥ
- hatvā
- having killed
- nṛpān
- kings
- adharmiṣṭhān
- most irreligious
- ghātayitvā
- having them killed
- arjuna-ādibhiḥ
- by Arjuna and others
- añjasā
- easily
- vartayām āsa
- He caused to be carried out
- dharmam
- the principles of religion
- dharma-suta-ādibhiḥ
- by Yudhiṣṭhira (the son of Dharma) and others
Now that He had killed many wicked kings and engaged devotees such as Arjuna in killing others, the Lord could easily assure the execution of religious principles through the agency of such pious rulers as Yudhiṣṭhira.