Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.19.11

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

ittham etat purā rājā

bhīṣmaḿ dharma-bhṛtāḿ varam

ajāta-śatruḥ papraccha

sarveṣāḿ no 'nuśṛṇvatām

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; ittham — thus; etat — this; purā — formerly; rājā — the King; bhīṣmam — unto Bhīṣma; dharma — of religious principles; bhṛtām — of the upholders; varam — unto the best; ajāta-śatruḥ — King Yudhiṣṭhira, who considered no one his enemy; papraccha — asked; sarveṣām — while all; naḥ — of us; anuśṛṇvatām — 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 Yudhiṣṭhira, who considered no one his enemy, inquired from the greatest of the upholders of religious principles, Bhīṣma, while all of us were carefully listening.

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