निवृत्ते भारते युद्धे सुहृन्निधनविह्वल: । श्रुत्वा धर्मान् बहून् पश्चान्मोक्षधर्मानपृच्छत ॥ १२ ॥
nivṛtte bhārate yuddhe suhṛn-nidhana-vihvalaḥ śrutvā dharmān bahūn paścān mokṣa-dharmān apṛcchata
- nivṛtte
- when it ended
- bhārate
- of the descendants of Bhārata (the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas)
- yuddhe
- the war
- suhṛt
- of his beloved well-wishers
- nidhana
- by the destruction
- vihvalaḥ
- overwhelmed
- śrutvā
- having heard
- dharmān
- religious principles
- bahūn
- many
- paścāt
- at last
- mokṣa
- concerning liberation
- dharmān
- religious principles
- apṛcchata
- asked about
When the great Battle of Kurukṣetra had ended, King Yudhiṣṭhira was overwhelmed by the death of many beloved well-wishers, and thus, after listening to instructions about many religious principles, he finally inquired about the path of liberation.