Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.74.19
arhati hy acyutaḥ śraiṣṭhyaḿ
bhagavān sātvatāḿ patiḥ
eṣa vai devatāḥ sarvā
deśa-kāla-dhanādayaḥ
SYNONYMS
arhati — deserves; hi — indeed; acyutaḥ — infallible Kṛṣṇa; śraiṣṭhyam — the supreme position; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; sātvatām — of the Yādavas; patiḥ — the chief; eṣaḥ — He; vai — certainly; devatāḥ — demigods; sarvāḥ — all; deśa — the place (for the sacrifice); kāla — the time; dhana — the material paraphernalia; ādayaḥ — and so on.
TRANSLATION
[Sahadeva said:] Certainly it is Acyuta, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and chief of the Yādavas, who deserves the highest position. In truth, He Himself comprises all the demigods worshiped in sacrifice, along with such aspects of the worship as the sacred place, the time and the paraphernalia.
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