śrī-rājovāca
ajāta-śatros tam dṛṣṭvā
rājasūya-mahodayam
sarve mumudire brahman
nṛ-devā ye samāgatāḥ
duryodhanaḿ varjayitvā
rājānaḥ sarṣayaḥ surāḥ
iti śrutaḿ no bhagavaḿs
tatra kāraṇam ucyatām
śrī-rājā uvāca — the King (Parīkṣit) said; ajāta-śatroḥ — of Yudhiṣṭhira, whose enemy was never born; tam — that; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; rājasūya — of the Rājasūya sacrifice; mahā — great; udayam — the festiveness; sarve — all; mumudire — were delighted; brahman — O brāhmaṇa (Śukadeva); nṛ-devāḥ — the kings; ye — who; samāgatāḥ — assembled; duryodhanam — Duryodhana; varjayitvā — excepting; rājānaḥ — kings; sa — together with; ṛṣayaḥ — sages; surāḥ — and demigods; iti — thus; śrutam — heard; naḥ — by us; bhagavan — my lord; tatra — for that; kāraṇam — the reason; ucyatām — please speak.