ittham raja dharma-suto

 manoratha-maharnavam

su-dustaram samuttirya

 krsnenasid gata-jvarah

 

Translation: 

 

Thus King Yudhisthira, the son of Dharma, was at last relieved of his burning ambition, having by the grace of Lord Krsna successfully crossed the vast and formidable ocean of his desires.

 

Purport: 

 

The previous chapters of Srimad-Bhagavatam clearly explain that King Yudhisthira intensely desired to demonstrate to the world the supremacy of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the blessings received by those who surrender to Him. To do this, King Yudhisthira performed the Rajasuya sacrifice, a very difficult task.

 

Srila Prabhupada writes in this connection: “In the material world, everyone has a particular type of desire to be fulfilled, but one is never able to fulfill his desires to his full satisfaction. But King Yudhisthira, because of his unflinching devotion to Krsna, could fulfill all his desires successfully by the performance of the Rajasuya sacrifice. From the description of the Rajasuya yajña, it appears that such a function is a great ocean of opulent desires. It is not possible for an ordinary man to cross over such an ocean; nevertheless, by the grace of Lord Krsna, King Yudhisthira was able to cross over it very easily, and thus he became freed from all anxieties.”