tatra tatra - in each place; tam - Him; āyāntam - as He was coming; paurāḥ - city residents; jānapadāḥ - and village residents; nṛpa - O King (Parīkṣit); upatasthuḥ - came forward to greet Him; sa - with; arghya - water to offer as a token of respect; hastāḥ - in their hands; grahaiḥ - by the planets; sūryam - the sun; iva - as; uditam - risen.

In every city and town the Lord passed along the way, O King, the people came forward to worship Him with offerings of arghya water in their hands, as if to worship the risen sun surrounded by planets.