Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.)
- śaunaka uvāca
- hatvā svariktha-spṛdha ātatāyino
- yudhiṣṭhiro dharma-bhṛtāṁ variṣṭhaḥ
- sahānujaiḥ pratyavaruddha-bhojanaḥ
- kathaṁ pravṛttaḥ kim akāraṣīt tataḥ
- (SB 1.10.1)
Translation: "Śaunaka Muni asked: After killing his enemies who desired to usurp his rightful inheritance, how did the greatest of all religious men, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, assisted by his brothers, rule his subjects? Surely he could not freely enjoy his kingdom with unrestricted consciousness."
Prabhupāda: So here the most important word is yudhiṣṭhiro dharma-bhṛtāṁ variṣṭhaḥ. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was known as Dharmarāja, very strictly following religious principles. So he killed... For his sake, sixty-four crores of men were killed in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra. So he was not happy although the battle, the fight, was religious fight. It is not whimsical. Just like in the modern days the politicians, they fight unnecessarily to fulfill their desire... Just like in our country, unnecessarily they divided Pakistan, and to fulfill the whims of the leaders, they are fighting with nobody's gain, neither there is any religious principles.