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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.11.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- prahvābhivādanāśleṣa-
- kara-sparśa-smitekṣaṇaiḥ
- āśvāsya cāśvapākebhyo
- varaiś cābhimatair vibhuḥ
prahvāby bowing His head — by bowing His head; abhivādanaby greeting with words — by greeting with words; āśleṣaembracing — embracing; karashaking hands-sparśashaking hands — shaking hands; smitaby a glancing smile-īkṣaṇaiḥby a glancing smile — by a glancing smile; āśvāsyaby encouragement — by encouragement; caand — and; āśvapākebhyaḥdown to the lowest rank of dog-eaters — down to the lowest rank of dog-eaters; varaiḥby benedictions — by benedictions; caalso — also; abhimataiḥas desired by — as desired by; vibhuḥthe Almighty — the Almighty.
The Almighty Lord greeted everyone present by bowing His head, exchanging greetings, embracing, shaking hands, looking and smiling, giving assurances and awarding benedictions, even to the lowest in rank.
To receive the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa there were all grades of population, beginning from Vasudeva, Ugrasena and Garga Muni—the father, grandfather and teacher—down to the prostitutes and caṇḍālas, who are accustomed to eat dogs. And every one of them was properly greeted by the Lord in terms of rank and position. As pure living entities, all are the separated parts and parcels of the Lord, and thus no one is alien by His eternal relation. Such pure living entities are graded differently in terms of contamination of the modes of material nature, but the Lord is equally affectionate to all His parts and parcels, despite material gradation. He descends only to recall these materialistic living beings back to His kingdom, and intelligent persons take advantage of this facility offered by the Personality of Godhead to all living beings. No one is rejected by the Lord from the kingdom of God, and it remains with the living being to accept this or not.