Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
ity uktvÄ sa yaduá¹ vipras
tam Ämantrya gabhÄ«ra-dhīḥ
vanditaḥ sv-arcito rÄjñÄ
yayau prÄ«to yathÄgatam
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; iti - thus; uktvÄ - having spoken; saḥ - he; yadum - to King Yadu; vipraḥ - the brÄhmaṇa; tam - to the King; Ämantrya - bidding farewell; gabhÄ«ra - extremely deep; dhīḥ - intelligence; vanditaḥ - being offered obeisances; su-arcitaḥ - being properly worshiped; rÄjÃ±Ä - by the King; yayau - he went; prÄ«taḥ - with his mind satisfied; yathÄ - just as; Ägatam - he had come.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Having thus spoken to King Yadu, the wise brÄhmaṇa accepted obeisances and worship from the King and felt pleased within himself. Then bidding farewell, he left exactly as he had come.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« gives evidence from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam that the brÄhmaṇa avadhÅ«ta was actually the incarnation of Godhead DattÄtreya. The BhÄgavatam (2.7.4) states:
yat-pÄda-paá¹…kaja-parÄga-pavitra-dehÄ
yogardhim Äpur ubhayÄ«á¹ yadu-haihayÄdyÄḥ
“Many Yadus, Haihayas, etc., became so purified, by the grace of the lotus feet of DattÄtreya, the Lord, that they obtained both material and spiritual blessings.†This verse mentions that Yadu was purified by contact with the lotus feet of DattÄtreya, and similarly the present verse states, vandito sv-arcito rÄjñÄ: King Yadu worshiped the lotus feet of the brÄhmaṇa. Thus, according to ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ«, the avadhÅ«ta brÄhmaṇa is the Personality of Godhead Himself, and this is confirmed by ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura.
