ŚB 10.48.13-14
Devanagari
स तान्नरवरश्रेष्ठानाराद् वीक्ष्य स्वबान्धवान् ।
प्रत्युत्थाय प्रमुदित: परिष्वज्याभिनन्द्य च ॥ १३ ॥
ननाम कृष्णं रामं च स तैरप्यभिवादित: ।
पूजयामास विधिवत् कृतासनपरिग्रहान् ॥ १४ ॥
प्रत्युत्थाय प्रमुदित: परिष्वज्याभिनन्द्य च ॥ १३ ॥
ननाम कृष्णं रामं च स तैरप्यभिवादित: ।
पूजयामास विधिवत् कृतासनपरिग्रहान् ॥ १४ ॥
Verse text
sa tān nara-vara-śreṣṭhān
ārād vīkṣya sva-bāndhavān
pratyutthāya pramuditaḥ
pariṣvajyābhinandya ca
ārād vīkṣya sva-bāndhavān
pratyutthāya pramuditaḥ
pariṣvajyābhinandya ca
nanāma kṛṣṇaṁ rāmaṁ ca
sa tair apy abhivāditaḥ
pūjayām āsa vidhi-vat
kṛtāsana-parigrahān
sa tair apy abhivāditaḥ
pūjayām āsa vidhi-vat
kṛtāsana-parigrahān
Synonyms
saḥ — he (Akrūra); tān — them (Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma and Uddhava); nara-vara — of illustrious personalities; śreṣṭhān — the greatest; ārāt — from a distance; vīkṣya — seeing; sva — his (Akrūra’s); bāndhavān — relatives; pratyutthāya — rising up; pramuditaḥ — joyful; pariṣvajya — embracing; abhinandya — greeting; ca — and; nanāma — bowed down; kṛṣṇam rāmam ca — to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma; saḥ — he; taiḥ — by Them; api — and; abhivāditaḥ — greeted; pūjayām āsa — he worshiped; vidhi-vat — according to scriptural injunctions; kṛta — who had done; āsana — of seats; parigrahān — acceptance.
Translation
Akrūra stood up in great joy when he saw them, his own relatives and the greatest of exalted personalities, coming from a distance. After embracing them and greeting them, Akrūra bowed down to Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma and was greeted by Them in return. Then, when his guests had taken their seats, he worshiped them in accordance with scriptural rules.
Purport
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī points out that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the others approached Akrūra in a friendly attitude. At first Akrūra reciprocated that friendly mood, and then, in the course of showing them hospitality, he adopted his natural devotional attitude toward the Lord and thus offered his obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Balarāma.