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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.8
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 8
- āmantrya cābhyanujñātaḥ
- pariṣvajyābhivādya tam
- āruroha rathaṁ kaiścit
- pariṣvakto 'bhivāditaḥ
āmantryataking permission — taking permission; caand — and; abhyanujñātaḥbeing permitted — being permitted; pariṣvajyaembracing — embracing; abhivādyabowing down at the feet — bowing down at the feet; tamunto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira — unto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; ārurohaascended — ascended; rathamthe chariot — the chariot; kaiścitby someone — by someone; pariṣvaktaḥbeing embraced — being embraced; abhivāditaḥbeing offered obeisances — being offered obeisances.
Afterwards, when the Lord asked permission to depart and the King gave it, the Lord offered His respects to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira by bowing down at his feet, and the King embraced Him. After this the Lord, being embraced by others and receiving their obeisances, got into His chariot.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the elder cousin of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and therefore while departing from him the Lord bowed down at the King's feet. The King embraced Him as a younger brother, although the King knew perfectly well that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord takes pleasure when some of His devotees accept Him as less important in terms of love. No one is greater than or equal to the Lord, but He takes pleasure in being treated as younger than His devotees. These are all transcendental pastimes of the Lord. The impersonalist cannot enter into the supernatural roles played by the devotee of the Lord. Thereafter Bhīma and Arjuna embraced the Lord because they were of the same age, but Nakula and Sahadeva bowed down before the Lord because they were younger than He.