एवं सञ्चिन्त्य भगवान् स्वराज्ये स्थाप्य धर्मजम् ।
नन्दयामास सुहृदः साधूनां वर्त्म दर्शयन् ॥ १६ ॥
sva-rajye sthapya dharmajam
evam-thus; sancintya-thinking within Himself; bhagavan-the Personality of Godhead; sva-rajye-in his own kingdom; sthapya-installing; dharmajam-Maharaja Yudhisthira; nanda-yamasa-gladdened; suhrdah-friend of all; sadhunam-of the saints; vartma-path; darsayan-by indication.
Lord Sri Krsna, thus thinking to Himself, established Maharaja Yudhisthira in the position of supreme control of the world in order to show the ideal of administration on the path of piety.