🪷 ŚB 1.12.4

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

सूत उवाच अपीपलद्धर्मराज: पितृवद् रञ्जयन् प्रजा: । नि:स्पृह: सर्वकामेभ्य: कृष्णपादानुसेवया ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration

sūta uvāca apīpalad dharma-rājaḥ pitṛvad rañjayan prajāḥ niḥspṛhaḥ sarva-kāmebhyaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādānusevayā
Synonyms
sūtaḥ uvāca — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; apīpalat — administered prosperity; dharma-rājaḥ — King Yudhiṣṭhira; pitṛ-vat — exactly like his father; rañjayan — pleasing; prajāḥ — all those who took birth; niḥspṛhaḥ — without personal ambition; sarva — all; kāmebhyaḥ — from sense gratification; kṛṣṇa-pāda — the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; anusevayā — by dint of rendering continuous service.

Translation

Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: Emperor Yudhiṣṭhira administered generously to everyone during his reign. He was exactly like his father. He had no personal ambition and was freed from all sorts of sense gratification because of his continuous service unto the lotus feet of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

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