SB 9.10.38 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

भरत: प्राप्तमाकर्ण्य पौरामात्यपुरोहितै: । पादुके शिरसि न्यस्य रामं प्रत्युद्यतोऽग्रजम् ॥ ३५ ॥ नन्दिग्रामात् स्वशिबिराद् गीतवादित्रनि:स्वनै: । ब्रह्मघोषेण च मुहु: पठद्भ‍िर्ब्रह्मवादिभि: ॥ ३६ ॥ स्वर्णकक्षपताकाभिर्हैमैश्चित्रध्वजै रथै: । सदश्वै रुक्‍मसन्नाहैर्भटै: पुरटवर्मभि: ॥ ३७ ॥ श्रेणीभिर्वारमुख्याभिर्भृत्यैश्चैव पदानुगै: । पारमेष्ठ्यान्युपादाय पण्यान्युच्चावचानि च । पादयोर्न्यपतत् प्रेम्णा प्रक्लिन्नहृदयेक्षण: ॥ ३८ ॥

Verse text

bharataḥ prāptam ākarṇya paurāmātya-purohitaiḥ pāduke śirasi nyasya rāmaṁ pratyudyato ’grajam nandigrāmāt sva-śibirād gīta-vāditra-niḥsvanaiḥ brahma-ghoṣeṇa ca muhuḥ paṭhadbhir brahmavādibhiḥ svarṇa-kakṣa-patākābhir haimaiś citra-dhvajai rathaiḥ sad-aśvai rukma-sannāhair bhaṭaiḥ puraṭa-varmabhiḥ śreṇībhir vāra-mukhyābhir bhṛtyaiś caiva padānugaiḥ pārameṣṭhyāny upādāya paṇyāny uccāvacāni ca pādayor nyapatat premṇā praklinna-hṛdayekṣaṇaḥ

Synonyms

bharataḥ — Lord Bharata ; prāptam — coming back home ; ākarṇya — hearing ; paura — all kinds of citizens ; amātya — all the ministers ; purohitaiḥ — accompanied by all the priests ; pāduke — the two wooden shoes ; śirasi — on the head ; nyasya — keeping ; rāmam — unto Lord Rāmacandra ; pratyudyataḥ — going forward to receive ; agrajam — His eldest brother ; nandigrāmāt — from His residence, known as Nandigrāma ; sva — śibirāt — from His own camp ; gīta — vāditra — songs and vibrations of drums and other musical instruments ; niḥsvanaiḥ — accompanied by such sounds ; brahma — ghoṣeṇa — by the sound of chanting of Vedic mantras ; ca — and ; muhuḥ — always ; paṭhadbhiḥ — reciting from the Vedas ; brahma — vādibhiḥ — by first-class brāhmaṇas ; svarṇa — kakṣa — patākābhiḥ — decorated with flags with golden embroidery ; haimaiḥ — golden ; citra — dhvajaiḥ — with decorated flags ; rathaiḥ — with chariots ; sat — aśvaiḥ — having very beautiful horses ; rukma — golden ; sannāhaiḥ — with harnesses ; bhaṭaiḥ — by soldiers ; puraṭa — varmabhiḥ — covered with armor made of gold ; śreṇībhiḥ — by such a line or procession ; vāra — mukhyābhiḥ — accompanied by beautiful, well-dressed prostitutes ; bhṛtyaiḥ — by servants ; ca — also ; eva — indeed ; pada — anugaiḥ — by infantry ; pārameṣṭhyāni — other paraphernalia befitting a royal reception ; upādāya — taking all together ; paṇyāni — valuable jewels, etc. ; ucca — avacāni — of different values ; ca — also ; pādayoḥ — at the lotus feet of the Lord ; nyapatat — fell down ; premṇā — in ecstatic love ; praklinna — softened, moistened ; hṛdaya — the core of the heart ; īkṣaṇaḥ — whose eyes .

Translation

When Lord Bharata understood that Lord Rāmacandra was returning to the capital, Ayodhyā, He immediately took upon His own head Lord Rāmacandra’s wooden shoes and came out from His camp at Nandigrāma. Lord Bharata was accompanied by ministers, priests and other respectable citizens, by professional musicians vibrating pleasing musical sounds, and by learned brāhmaṇas loudly chanting Vedic hymns. Following in the procession were chariots drawn by beautiful horses with harnesses of golden rope. These chariots were decorated by flags with golden embroidery and by other flags of various sizes and patterns. There were soldiers bedecked with golden armor, servants bearing betel nut, and many well-known and beautiful prostitutes. Many servants followed on foot, bearing an umbrella, whisks, different grades of precious jewels, and other paraphernalia befitting a royal reception. Accompanied in this way, Lord Bharata, His heart softened in ecstasy and His eyes full of tears, approached Lord Rāmacandra and fell at His lotus feet with great ecstatic love.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When Bharata understood that Rāmacandra was returning to the capital, he immediately took upon his head Rāmacandra's wooden shoes and came out from his camp at Nandigrāma with ministers, priests and citizens. With the sound of instruments, brāhmaṇas loudly chanting Vedic hymns, with a procession of chariots decorated by flags with golden embroidery and by other flags of various sizes and patterns and drawn by beautiful horses with harnesses of golden rope, with soldiers bedecked in golden armor, with servants walking on foot, and beautiful women bearing valuable umbrellas, whisks, and other paraphernalia befitting a royal reception, Bharata, his heart softened in ecstasy and his eyes full of tears, fell at the feet of Rāmacandra. Sva-śivairāt means “from his military camp.” He was accompanied by brāhmaṇas chanting of the Vedas loudly, along with instrumental music. The chariots had flags whose edges were embellished with gold. The soldiers had gold armor. The women carried item like umbrellas and cāmaras, symbols of royalty. Panyāni means valuable.