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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.20

ఇత్థం వ్రజన్ భారతమేవ వర్షం కాలేన యావద్‍గతవాన్ ప్రభాసమ్ । తావచ్ఛశాస క్షితిమేకచక్రా- మేకాతపత్రామజితేన పార్థ: ॥ ౨౦ ॥
itthaṁ vrajan bhāratam eva varṣaṁ
[ittham vrajan bhaaratam eva varsham]
kālena yāvad gatavān prabhāsam
[kaalena yaavad gatavaan prabhaasam]
tāvac chaśāsa kṣitim eka cakrām
[taavach chashaasa kshitim eka chakraam]
ekātapatrām ajitena pārthaḥ
[ekaatapatraam ajitena paarthah]
ittham — like this vrajan — while traveling bhāratam — India eva — only varṣam — the tract of land kālena — in due course of time yāvat — when gatavān — visited prabhāsam — the Prabhāsa pilgrimage site tāvat — at that time śaśāsa — ruled kṣitim — the world eka-cakrām — by one military force eka — one ātapatrām — flag ajitena — by the mercy of the unconquerable Kṛṣṇa pārthaḥ — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
itthaṁ vrajan bhāratam eva varṣaṁ
ittham
like this
vrajan
while traveling
bhāratam
India
eva
only
varṣam
the tract of land
kālena yāvad gatavān prabhāsam
kālena
in due course of time
yāvat
when
gatavān
visited
prabhāsam
the Prabhāsa pilgrimage site
tāvac chaśāsa kṣitim eka cakrām
tāvat
at that time
śaśāsa
ruled
kṣitim
the world
eka-cakrām
by one military force
ekātapatrām ajitena pārthaḥ
eka
one
ātapatrām
flag
ajitena
by the mercy of the unconquerable Kṛṣṇa
pārthaḥ
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
Thus, when he was in the land of Bhāratavarṣa traveling to all the places of pilgrimage, he visited Prabhāsakṣetra. At that time Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the emperor and held the world under one military strength and one flag.

More than five thousand years ago, while Saint Vidura was traveling the earth as a pilgrim, India was known as Bhāratavarṣa, as it is known even today. The history of the world cannot give any systematic account for more than three thousand years into the past, but before that the whole world was under the flag and military strength of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, who was the emperor of the world. At present there are hundreds and thousands of flags flapping in the United Nations, but during the time of Vidura there was, by the grace of Ajita, Lord Kṛṣṇa, only one flag. The nations of the world are very eager to again have one state under one flag, but for this they must seek the favor of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who alone can help us become one worldwide nation.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Wandering in this way over the land of Bḥārata, when in time Vidura arrived at Prabhāsa, Yudhiṣṭhira had gained control of the earth, under one army and one king, with the help of Kṛṣṇa. Yudhiṣṭhira (pārthaḥ) gained control of the earth which then had one army (eka-cakrām) and one white umbrella, symbolizing one king (ekātapatrām).
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