sutah uvaca-Sri Suta Gosvami said; yudhisthirah-King Yudhisthira; tat-that; akarnya-hearing; sayanam-lying down on; sara-panjare-on the bed of arrows; aprcchat-asked; vividhan-multifarious; dharman-duties; rsinam-of the rsis;ca-and; anusrnvatam-hearing after them.