rajasuya -- of the Rajasuya sacrifice; avabhrithyena -- by the final, avabhritya ritual; snatah -- bathed; raja yudhishthirah -- King Yudhishthira; brahma-kshatra -- of brahmanas and kshatriyas; sabha -- of the assembly; madhye -- in the midst; susubhe -- he appeared brilliant; sura -- of the demigods; rat -- the King (Lord Indra); iva -- like.

Purified in the final, avabhrithya ritual, which marked the successful completion of the Rajasuya sacrifice, King Yudhishthira shone among the assembled brahmanas and kshatriyas like the King of the demigods himself.