Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6


Sanskrit:

प्रत्युद्गमासनवरार्हणपादशौच-ताम्बूलविश्रमणवीजनगन्धमाल्यै: ।केशप्रसारशयनस्‍नपनोपहार्यै-र्दासीशता अपि विभोर्विदधु: स्म दास्यम् ॥ ६ ॥

ITRANS:

pratyudgamāsana-varārhaṇa-pāda-śauca-tāmbūla-viśramaṇa-vījana-gandha-mālyaiḥkeśa-prasāra-śayana-snapanopahāryaiḥdāsī-śatā api vibhor vidadhuḥ sma dāsyam

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 pān 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.

Purport:

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that Śukadeva Gosvāmī is so eager to describe these glorious pastimes of the Lord with His queens that he has repeated these verses. That is, text 5 of this chapter is almost identical with text 44 of the Fifty-ninth Chapter in this canto, and text 6 is identical with text 45 of that chapter. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the term varārhaṇa (“excellent offerings”) indicates that the queens offered the Lord palmfuls of flowers (puṣpāñjali) and palmfuls of jewels (ratnāñjali).