Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.19.11

sri-bhagavan uvaca

ittham etat pura raja

bhismam dharma-bhrtam varam

ajata-satruh papraccha

sarvesam no 'nusrnvatam

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; ittham -- thus; etat -- this; pura -- formerly; raja -- the King; bhismam -- unto Bhisma; dharma -- of religious principles; bhrtam -- of the upholders; varam -- unto the best; ajata-satruh -- King Yudhisthira, who considered no one his enemy; papraccha -- asked; sarvesam -- while all; nah -- of us; anusrnvatam -- were carefully listening.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, just as you are now inquiring from Me, similarly, in the past King Yudhisthira, who considered no one his enemy, inquired from the greatest of the upholders of religious principles, Bhisma, while all of us were carefully listening.

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