एकदासुरराट् पुत्रमङ्कमारोप्य पाण्डव । पप्रच्छ कथ्यतां वत्स मन्यते साधु यद्भवान् ॥ ४ ॥
ekadasura-rat putram ankam aropya pandava papraccha kathyatam vatsa manyate sadhu yad bhavan
- ekada
- once upon a time
- asura-rat
- the Emperor of the asuras
- putram
- his son
- ankam
- on the lap
- aropya
- placing
- pandava
- O Maharaja Yudhisthira
- papraccha
- inquired
- kathyatam
- let it be told
- vatsa
- my dear son
- manyate
- considers
- sadhu
- the best
- yat
- that which
- bhavan
- your good self.
My dear King Yudhisthira, once upon a time the King of the demons, Hiranyakasipu, took his son Prahlada on his lap and very affectionately inquired: My dear son, please let me know what you think is the best of all the subjects you have studied from your teachers.