एवं सञ्चिन्त्य भगवान् स्वराज्ये स्थाप्य धर्मजम् । नन्दयामास सुहृद: साधूनां वर्त्म दर्शयन् ॥ १६ ॥
evam sancintya bhagavan sva-rajye sthapya dharmajam nandayam asa suhrdah sadhunam vartma darsayan
- evam
- thus
- sancintya
- thinking within Himself
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- sva-rajye
- in his own kingdom
- sthapya
- installing
- dharmajam
- Maharaja Yudhisthira
- nandayam asa
- gladdened
- suhrdah
- the friends
- sadhunam
- of the saints
- vartma
- the path
- darsayan
- by indicating.
Lord Sri Krsna, thus thinking to Himself, established Maharaja Yudhisthira in the position of supreme control of the world in order to show the ideal of administration on the path of piety.