Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.59.45

pratyudgamasana-vararhana-pada-sauca-

tambula-visramana-vijana-gandha-malyaih kesa-prasara-sayana-snapanopaharyaih

dasi-sata api vibhor vidadhuh sma dasyam

SYNONYMS

pratyudgama -- by approaching; asana -- offering a seat; vara -- first class; arhana -- worship; pada -- His feet; sauca -- washing; tambula -- (offering) betel-nut preparation; visramana -- helping Him to relax (by massaging His feet); vijana -- fanning; gandha -- (offering) fragrant substances; malyaih -- and flower garlands; kesa -- His hair; prasara -- by dressing; sayana -- putting to bed; snapana -- bathing; upaharyaih -- and by presenting gifts; dasi -- maidservants; satah -- having hundreds; api -- although; vibhoh -- for the almighty Lord; vidadhuh sma -- they executed; dasyam -- service.

TRANSLATION

Although the Supreme Lord's queens each had hundreds of maidservants, they chose to personally serve the Lord by approaching Him humbly, offering Him a seat, worshiping Him with excellent paraphernalia, bathing and massaging His feet, giving Him pan to chew, fanning Him, anointing Him with fragrant sandalwood paste, adorning Him with flower garlands, dressing His hair, arranging His bed, bathing Him, and presenting Him with various gifts.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to the Tenth Canto, Fifty-ninth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "The Killing of the Demon Naraka."

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