SB 10.71.36

SB 10.71.36

Devanagari

तत्र तत्रोपसङ्गम्य पौरा मङ्गलपाणय: । चक्रु: सपर्यां कृष्णाय श्रेणीमुख्या हतैनस: ॥ ३६ ॥

Verse text

tatra tatropasaṅgamya paurā maṅgala-pāṇayaḥ cakruḥ saparyāṁ kṛṣṇāya śreṇī-mukhyā hatainasaḥ

Synonyms

tatra tatra in various places ; upasaṅgamya approaching ; paurāḥ citizens of the city ; maṅgala auspicious offerings ; pāṇayaḥ in their hands ; cakruḥ performed ; saparyām worship ; kṛṣṇāya for Lord Kṛṣṇa ; śreṇī of occupational guilds ; mukhyāḥ the leaders ; hata eradicated ; enasaḥ whose sins .

Translation

In various places citizens of the city came forward holding auspicious offerings for Lord Kṛṣṇa, and sinless leaders of occupational guilds came forward to worship the Lord.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

In various places citizens of the city came forward holding auspicious offerings for Lord Kṛṣṇa, and sinless leaders of occupational guilds came forward to worship the Lord. KB 10.71.36 While Lord Kṛṣṇa was thus passing on the road, at intervals some of the citizens, who were all rich, respectable and freed from sinful activities, presented auspicious articles to the Lord, just to offer Him a reception to the city. Thus they worshiped Him as humble servitors.

Purport

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “While Lord Kṛṣṇa was thus passing on the road, at intervals some of the citizens, who were all rich, respectable and freed from sinful activities, presented auspicious articles to the Lord, just to offer Him a reception to the city. Thus they worshiped Him as humble servitors.”

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The heads of the various communities with particular crafts (sreni mukhyah) worshiped the Lord.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

The businesses of the city are described. All the leaders were devoid of karmas on remembering him. They performed his worship (kṛṣṇāya).

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

At various places on the road the citizens gathered with auspicious items such as yogurt and rice, unlimited articles from their houses, in their hands and worshipped Kṛṣṇa, who attracts everyone, because they were pure hearted (hatainasaḥ) or they destroyed the sin of others. They performed worship of Kṛṣṇa or in order to attain Kṛṣṇa (kṛṣṇāya).