Text 24]
Lord Kṛṣṇa's Entrance in Dvārakā
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TRANSLATION
Then the Lord personally entered the city accompanied by elderly relatives and invalid brāhmaṇas with their wives, all offering benedictions and singing the glories of the Lord. Others also praised the glories of the Lord.
PURPORT
The  brāhmaṇas  in society were never attentive in banking money for future retired life. When they were old invalids, they used to approach the assembly of the kings, and simply by praising the glorious deeds performed by the kings, along with their wives, they would be provided with all necessities of life. Such  brāhmaṇas  were not, so to speak, flatterers of the kings, but the kings were actually glorified by their actions, and they were sincerely still more encouraged in pious acts by such  brāhmaṇas  in a dignified way. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is worthy of all glories, and the praying  brāhmaṇas  and others were glorified themselves by chanting the glories of the Lord.
TEXT 24
राजमार्गं गते कृष्णे द्वारकायाः कुलस्त्रियः । हर्म्याण्यारुरुहुर्विप्र तदीक्षणमहोत्सवाः ॥२४॥
rāja-mārgam gate kṛṣṇe dvārakāyāḥ kula-striyaḥ harmyāṇy āruruhur vipra tad-īkṣaṇa-mahotsavāḥ
rāja-mārgam—the public roads; gate—while passing over; kṛṣṇe—by Lord Kṛṣṇa; dvārakāyāḥ—of the city of Dvārakā; kula-striyaḥ—ladies of the respectable families; harmyāṇi—on the palaces; āruruhuḥ—got up; vipra—O brāhmaṇas; tat-īkṣaṇa—just to look upon Him (Kṛṣṇa); mahā-utsavāḥ—accepted as the greatest festival.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Kṛṣṇa passed over the public roads, all the ladies from the respectable families of Dvārakā went up to the roofs of their palaces just to have a look at the Lord. They considered this to be the greatest festival.