Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13-14


Sanskrit:

स तान्नरवरश्रेष्ठानाराद् वीक्ष्य स्वबान्धवान् ।प्रत्युत्थाय प्रमुदित: परिष्वज्याभिनन्द्य च ॥ १३ ॥ननाम कृष्णं रामं च स तैरप्यभिवादित: ।पूजयामास विधिवत् कृतासनपरिग्रहान् ॥ १४ ॥

ITRANS:

sa tān nara-vara-śreṣṭhānārād vīkṣya sva-bāndhavānpratyutthāya pramuditaḥpariṣvajyābhinandya ca

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 Kṛṣṇa 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 Kṛṣṇa 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 Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Balarāma.