Å›rÄntÄn apy atha tÄn dÅ«rÄj
janakaḥ sva-gá¹›hÄgatÄn
ÄnÄ«teá¹£v ÄsanÄgryeá¹£u
sukhÄsÄ«nÄn mahÄ-manÄḥ
pravá¹›ddha-bhaktyÄ uddhará¹£a-
há¹›dayÄsrÄvileká¹£aṇaḥ
natvÄ tad-aá¹…ghrÄ«n praká¹£Älya
tad-apo loka-pÄvanīḥ
sa-kuá¹umbo vahan mÅ«rdhnÄ
pÅ«jayÄá¹ cakra Ä«Å›varÄn
gandha-mÄlyÄmbarÄkalpa-
dhÅ«pa-dÄ«pÄrghya-go-vṛṣaiḥ
Å›rÄntÄn - fatigued; api - indeed; atha - then; tÄn - them; dÅ«rÄt - from a distance; janakaḥ - King BahulÄÅ›va, a descendant of Janaka; sva - to his; gá¹›ha - home; ÄgatÄn - come; ÄnÄ«teá¹£u - which were brought out; Äsana - on seats; agryeá¹£u - excellent; sukha - comfortably; ÄsÄ«nÄn - seated; mahÄ-manÄḥ - very intelligent; pravá¹›ddha - intense; bhaktyÄ - with devotion; ut-dhará¹£a - overjoyed; há¹›daya - whose heart; asra - with tears; Ävila - clouded; Ä«ká¹£aṇaḥ - whose eyes; natvÄ - bowing down; tat - their; aá¹…ghrÄ«n - feet; praká¹£Älya - washing; tat - from that; apaḥ - the water; loka - the whole world; pÄvanīḥ - able to purify; sa - together with; kuá¹umbaḥ - his family; vahan - carrying; mÅ«rdhnÄ - on his head; pÅ«jayÄm cakre - he worshiped; Ä«Å›varÄn - the lords; gandha - with fragrant (sandalwood) paste; mÄlya - flower garlands; ambara - clothing; Äkalpa - jewelry; dhÅ«pa - incense; dÄ«pa - lamps; arghya - arghya water; go - cows; vṛṣaiḥ - and bulls.
When King BahulÄÅ›va, a descendant of Janaka, saw Lord Kṛṣṇa approaching his house from a distance with the sages, who were somewhat fatigued from the journey, he immediately arranged to have seats of honor brought out for them. After they were all comfortably seated, the wise King, his heart overflowing with joy and his eyes clouded by tears, bowed down to them and washed their feet with intense devotion. Taking the wash water, which could purify the entire world, he sprinkled it on his head and the heads of his family members. Then he worshiped all those great lords by offering them fragrant sandalwood paste, flower garlands, fine clothing and ornaments, incense, lamps, arghya and cows and bulls.
ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda comments: “BahulÄÅ›va, the King of Videha, was very intelligent and was a perfect gentleman. He was astonished that so many great sages, along with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, were personally present in his home. He knew perfectly well that conditioned souls engaged in worldly affairs cannot be one-hundred-percent pure whereas the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees are always transcendental to worldly contamination. Therefore, when he found that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and all the great sages were at his home, he was astonished, and he began to thank Lord Krsna for His causeless mercy.â€
The word Ä«Å›vara in this verse refers not only to the Supreme Lord but also to the exalted sages in His company; this is confirmed by Ä€cÄryas ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« and ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ«.
