Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4


Sanskrit:

तथोद्धव: साधु तयाभिपूजितोन्यषीददुर्व्यामभिमृश्य चासनम् ।कृष्णोऽपि तूर्णं शयनं महाधनंविवेश लोकाचरितान्यनुव्रत: ॥ ४ ॥

ITRANS:

tathoddhavaḥ sādhutayābhipūjitonyaṣīdad urvyām abhimṛśya cāsanamkṛṣṇo ’pi tūrṇaṁ śayanaṁ mahā-dhanaṁviveśa lokācaritāny anuvrataḥ

Translation:

Uddhava also received a seat of honor, since he was a saintly person, but he simply touched it and sat on the floor. Then Lord Kṛṣṇa, imitating the manners of human society, quickly made Himself comfortable on an opulent bed.

Purport:

According to the ācāryas, Uddhava felt reverence for his Lord and thus declined to sit on an opulent seat in His presence; rather, he touched the seat with his hand and sat on the floor. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī adds that Lord Kṛṣṇa made Himself comfortable on a bed located in the inner chambers of Trivakrā’s home.