Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.48.13-14

sa tān nara-vara-śreshthān

ārād vīkshya sva-bāndhavān

pratyutthāya pramuditah

parishvajyābhinandya ca

nanāma krishnam rāmam ca

sa tair apy abhivāditah

pūjayām āsa vidhi-vat

kritāsana-parigrahān

SYNONYMS

sah — he (Akrūra); tān — them (Krishna, Balarāma and Uddhava); nara-vara — of illustrious personalities; śreshthān — the greatest; ārāt — from a distance; vīkshya — seeing; sva — his (Akrūra's); bāndhavān — relatives; pratyutthāya — rising up; pramuditah — joyful; parishvajya — embracing; abhinandya — greeting; ca — and; nanāma — bowed down; krishnam rāmam ca — to Lord Krishna and Lord Balarāma; sah — he; taih — by Them; api — and; abhivāditah — greeted; pūjayām āsa — he worshiped; vidhi-vat — according to scriptural injunctions; krita — who had done; āsana — of seats; parigrahān — acceptance.

TRANSLATION

Akrūra stood up in great joy when he saw them, his own relatives and the greatest of exalted personalities, coming from a distance. After embracing them and greeting them, Akrūra bowed down to Krishna and Balarāma and was greeted by Them in return. Then, when his guests had taken their seats, he worshiped them in accordance with scriptural rules.

PURPORT

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī points out that Lord Śrī Krishna and the others approached Akrūra in a friendly attitude. At first Akrūra reciprocated that friendly mood, and then, in the course of showing them hospitality, he adopted his natural devotional attitude toward the Lord and thus offered his obeisances to Śrī Krishna and Śrī Balarāma.

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