tatra tatra tam āyāntaṁ paurā jānapadā nṛpa upatasthuḥ sārghya-hastā grahaiḥ sūryam ivoditam
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
In every city and town the Lord passed along the way, O King, the people came forward to worship Him with offerings of arghya water in their hands, as if to worship the risen sun surrounded by planets.
PURPORT
Here the sages traveling with Kṛṣṇa on His chariot are likened to planets around the sun.