āliṅgana kari' - embracing; tāṅre - unto him; balila - said; vacana - those words; tumi - you; pāṇḍu - were Pāṇḍu; pañca - five; pāṇḍava - the Pāṇḍavas; tomāra - your; nandana - sons.

Embracing Rāya Bhavānanda, the Lord declared to him, “You formerly appeared as Pāṇḍu, and your five sons appeared as the five Pāṇḍavas.”