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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.3.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- evaṁ sañcintya bhagavān
- sva-rājye sthāpya dharmajam
- nandayām āsa suhṛdaḥ
- sādhūnāṁ vartma darśayan
evamthus — thus; sañcintyathinking within Himself — thinking within Himself; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; svain his own kingdom-rājyein his own kingdom — in his own kingdom; sthāpyainstalling — installing; dharmajamMahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; nandayāmgladdened āsagladdened — gladdened; suhṛdaḥthe friends — the friends; sādhūnāmof the saints — of the saints; vartmathe path — the path; darśayanby indicating — by indicating.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, thus thinking to Himself, established Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in the position of supreme control of the world in order to show the ideal of administration on the path of piety.