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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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स्वयं च गुरुभिर्विप्रैः सदारैः स्थविरैरपि आशीर्भिर्युज्यमानोऽन्यैर्वन्दिभिश्चाविशत्पुरम्
svayaṁ ca gurubhir vipraiḥ sadāraiḥ sthavirair api āśīrbhir yujyamāno ’nyair vandibhiś cāviśat puram
WORD BY WORD
svayam Himself; ca also; gurubhiḥ by elderly relatives; vipraiḥ by the brāhmaṇas; sadāraiḥ with their wives; sthaviraiḥ invalid; api also; āśīrbhiḥ by the blessing of; yujyamānaḥ being praised by; anyaiḥ by others; vandibhiḥ admirers; ca and; aviśat entered; puram the city;
TRANSLATION
| Then the Lord personally entered the city accompanied by elderly relatives and invalid brāhmaṇas with their wives, all offering benedictions and singing the glories of the Lord. Others also praised the glories of the Lord.
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PURPORT
| The brāhmaṇas in society were never attentive to banking money for future retired life. When they were old invalids, they used to approach with their wives the assembly of the kings, and simply by praising the glorious deeds performed by the kings they would be provided with all necessities of life. Such brāhmaṇas were not, so to speak, flatterers of the kings, but the kings were actually glorified by their actions, and they were sincerely still more encouraged in pious acts by such brāhmaṇas in a dignified way. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is worthy of all glories, and the praying brāhmaṇas and others were glorified themselves by chanting the glories of the Lord.
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