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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.2

సూత ఉవాచ వంశం కురోర్వంశదవాగ్నినిర్హృతం సంరోహయిత్వా భవభావనో హరి: । నివేశయిత్వా నిజరాజ్య ఈశ్వరో యుధిష్ఠిరం ప్రీతమనా బభూవ హ ॥ ౨ ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
vaṁśaṁ kuror vaṁśa-davāgni-nirhṛtaṁ
[vamsham kuror vamsha-davaagni-nirhritam]
saṁrohayitvā bhava-bhāvano hariḥ
[samrohayitvaa bhava-bhaavano harih]
niveśayitvā nija-rājya īśvaro
[niveshayitvaa nija-raajya eeshvaro]
yudhiṣṭhiraṁ prīta-manā babhūva ha
[yudhishthiram preeta-manaa babhoova ha]
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī replied vaṁśam — dynasty kuroḥ — of King Kuru vaṁśa-dava-agni — a forest fire set by the bamboos nirhṛtam — exhausted saṁrohayitvā — seedling of the dynasty bhava-bhāvanaḥ — the maintainer of creation hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa niveśayitvā — having reestablished nija-rājye — in his own kingdom īśvaraḥ — the Supreme Lord yudhiṣṭhiram — unto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira prīta-manāḥ — pleased in His mind babhūva ha — became.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Sūta Gosvāmī replied
vaṁśam
dynasty
vaṁśaṁ kuror vaṁśa-davāgni-nirhṛtaṁ
kuroḥ
of King Kuru
vaṁśa-dava-agni
a forest fire set by the bamboos
nirhṛtam
exhausted
saṁrohayitvā bhava-bhāvano hariḥ
saṁrohayitvā
seedling of the dynasty
bhava-bhāvanaḥ
the maintainer of creation
hariḥ
the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa
niveśayitvā nija-rājya īśvaro
niveśayitvā
having reestablished
nija-rājye
in his own kingdom
īśvaraḥ
the Supreme Lord
yudhiṣṭhiraṁ prīta-manā babhūva ha
yudhiṣṭhiram
unto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira
prīta-manāḥ
pleased in His mind
babhūva ha
became.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the maintainer of the world, became pleased after reestablishing Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in his own kingdom and after restoring the Kuru dynasty, which had been exhausted by the bamboo fire of anger.

This world is compared to a forest fire caused by the cohesion of bamboo bushes. Such a forest fire takes place automatically, for bamboo cohesion occurs without external cause. Similarly, in the material world the wrath of those who want to lord it over material nature interacts, and the fire of war takes place, exhausting the unwanted population. Such fires or wars take place, and the Lord has nothing to do with them. But because He wants to maintain the creation, He desires the mass of people to follow the right path of self-realization, which enables the living beings to enter into the kingdom of God. The Lord wants the suffering human beings to come back home, back to Him, and cease to suffer the threefold material pangs. The whole plan of creation is made in that way, and one who does not come to his senses suffers in the material world by pangs inflicted by the illusory energy of the Lord. The Lord therefore wants His bona fide representative to rule the world. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa descended to establish this sort of regime and to kill the unwanted persons who have nothing to do with His plan. The Battle of Kurukṣetra was fought according to the plan of the Lord so that undesirable persons could get out of the world and a peaceful kingdom under His devotee could be established. The Lord was therefore fully satisfied when King Yudhiṣṭhira was on the throne and the seedling of the dynasty of Kuru, in the person of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was saved.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta said: Kṛṣṇa, upon whom Śiva meditates, became pleased, having increased the Kuru family which was destroyed by the forest fire of anger, by protecting Parīkṣit, and by installing Yudhiṣṭhira in his rightful kingdom.
Commentary

The answer shows that he took up the ruling of the country only after seeing that Kṛṣṇa was pleased. Kṛṣṇa increased the Kuru family, which had been destroyed by the fire (of anger) in the bamboo forest, by saving Parīkṣit. Just as the bamboo burns by the fire ignited by rubbing of the bamboos, the Kuru family was destroyed by a war which arose from mutual anger. Kṛṣṇa makes even Śiva (bhava) meditate on his pastimes (bhāvanaḥ).

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