SB 1.12.18
अप्येष वंश्यान्राजर्षीन्पुण्यश्लोकान्महात्मनः ।
अनुवर्तिता स्विद्यशसा साधुवादेन सत्तमाः ॥ १८ ॥
apy eṣa vaṁśyān rājarṣīn puṇya-ślokān mahātmanaḥ
anuvartitā svid yaśasā sādhu-vādena sattamāḥ
Synonyms
śrī-rājā — Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira; uvāca — inquired; sat-tamāḥ — O foremost of saints; yaśasā — by virtue of his own glorious renown [sat-kīrtyā47]; sādhu-vādena — proclaimed by the righteous [sādhubhir vādo guṇa-kīrtanaṁ yasmiṁs tena yaśasā]; api svit — will [kiṁ svit48]; eṣaḥ — this newborn child [jātaḥ śiśuḥ]; anuvartitā — follow; rāja-ṛṣīn — the saintly kings; vaṁśyān — [of] our dynasty [such as the Pāṇḍavas (pāṇḍavādīn)]; puṇya-ślokān — who are pure in fame [pavitra yaśaso]; mahā-ātmanaḥ — [and] noble-minded [or great devotees of Bhagavān (bhagavad-bhaktān)].
Translation
Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira inquired: O foremost of saints, by virtue of his own glorious renown proclaimed by the righteous, will this newborn child follow the saintly kings of our dynasty, who are pure in fame and noble-minded?