gīta-vāditra-ghoṣeṇa
brahma-ghoṣeṇa bhūyasā
abhyayāt sa hṛṣīkeśaḿ
prāṇāḥ prāṇam ivādṛtaḥ
gita -- of song; vaditra -- and instrumental music; ghoshena -- with the sound; brahma -- of the Vedas; ghoshena -- with the sound; bhuyasa -- abundant; abhyayat -- went forth; sah -- he; hrishikesam -- to Lord Krishna; pranah -- the senses; pranam -- consciousness, or the air of life; iva -- as; adritah -- reverential.
As songs and musical instruments resounded along with the loud vibration of Vedic hymns, the King went forth with great reverence to meet Lord Hrishikesa, just as the senses go forth to meet the consciousness of life.
Lord Krishna is here described as Hrishikesa, the Lord of the senses, and King Yudhishthira's rushing to the Lord is compared to the senses eagerly joining the consciousness of life. Without consciousness, the senses are useless; indeed, the senses function through consciousness. Similarly, when the individual souls are bereft of Krishna consciousness, love of God, they enter into a useless and illusory struggle called material existence. Pure devotees like King Yudhishthira are never bereft of the Lord's association, for they keep Him always within their heart, and yet they feel special ecstasy when they see the Lord after long separation, as described here.
