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Lord Krṣṇa's Entrance in Dvārakā
559
tatropanīta-balayo raver dīpam ivādrtāḥ ātmārāmam pūrṇa-kāmam nija-lābhena nityadā prīty-utphulla-mukhāḥ procur harṣa-gadgadayā girā pitaram sarva-suhṛdam avitāram ivārbhakāḥ
tatra—thereupon; upanīta—having offered; balayaḥ—presentation; raveḥ—up to the sun; dīpam—lamp; iva—like; ādrtāḥ—being evaluated; ātmārāmam—unto the self-sufficient; pūrṇa-kāmam—fully satisfied; nija-lābhena—by His own potencies; nityadā—one who supplies incessantly; prīti—affection; utphulla-mukhāḥ—cheerful faces; procuḥ—said; harṣa—gladdened; gadgadayā—ecstatic; girā—speeches; pitaram—unto the father; sarva—all; suhṛdam—friends; avitāram—the guardian; iva—like; arbhakāḥ—wards.
TRANSLATION
The citizens arrived before the Lord with their respective presentations, offering them to the fully satisfied and self-sufficient one, who, by His own potency, incessantly supplies others. These presentations were like the offering of a lamp to the sun. Yet the citizens began to speak in ecstatic language about receiving the Lord, just as wards welcome their guardian and father.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord Krṣṇa is described herein as  ātmārāma . He is self-sufficient, and there is no need for Him to seek happiness from anything beyond Himself. He is self-sufficient because His very transcendental existence is total bliss. He is eternally existent; He is all-cognizant and all-blissful. Therefore, any presentation, however valuable it may be, is not needed by Him. But still, because He is the well-wisher for one and all, He accepts from everyone everything that is offered to Him in pure devotional service. It is not that He is in want for such things because the things are themselves generated from His energy. The comparison is made herein that it is something like offering a lamp in the worship of the sun-god. Anything fiery and illuminating is but an emanation of the energy of the sun, and yet to worship the sun-god it is necessary to offer him a lamp.