श्री वैशम्पायन उवाच :-
श्रुत्वा धर्मानशेषेण पावनानि च सर्वशः ।
युधिष्ठिरः शान्तनवं पुनरेवाभ्यभाषत ॥
ശ്രീ വൈശമ്പായന ഉവാച :-
ശ്രുത്വാ ധര്മാനശേഷേണ പാവനാനി ച സര്വശഃ
യുധിഷ്ഠിരഃ ശാന്തനവം പുനരേവാഭ്യഭാഷതാ
ஸ்ரீ வைசம்பாயன உவாச :-
சுருத்வா தர்மானசேஷேண பாவனானி ச ஸர்வச
யுதிஷ்டிர சாந்தனவம் புனரேவாப்யபாஷத
ಶ್ರೀ ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನ ಉವಾಚ :-
ಶ್ರುತ್ವಾ ಧರ್ಮಾನಶೇಷೇಣ ಪಾವನಾನಿ ಚ ಸರ್ವಶಃ
ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರಃ ಶಾಂತನವಂ ಪುನರೇವಾಭ್ಯಭಾಷತಾ
శ్రీ వైశంపాయన ఉవాచ :-
శ్రుత్వా ధర్మానశెషేణ పావనాని చ సర్వశః
యుధిష్టిరః శాంతనవం పునరేవాభ్యభాషత
Shree Vaisham paayana uvacha:
Shruthva dharmaana séshéna paavananicha sarvashaha
Yudhishtara shanthanavam punarévaabya baashatha
Vaisampayana, the narrator to Dhritrastra says: "Yudhishthira, as a righteous man (dharamana) of spiritual inclination, with the mortal integrity (paavanaani) of a careful mortal, asks (bhaashatha) Bhishma (shaantanavam) quite an interesting set of questions which are typical queries which the heart of seekers will always ask.
