Text 16] The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
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sūta-māgadha-vandibhyo ye 'nye vidyopajīvinaḥ
tais taiḥ kāmair adīnātmā yathocitam apūjayat viṣṇor ārādhanārthāya sva-putrasyodayāya ca
nandaḥ —Mahārāja Nanda;  mahā-manāḥ —who among the cowherd men was the greatest of all upright persons;  tebhyaḥ —unto the cowherd men;  vāsaḥ —clothing;  alaṅkāra —ornaments;  go-dhanam —and cows;  sūta-māgadha-vandibhyaḥ —unto the  sūtas  (the professional reciters of the old histories), the  māgadhas  (the professional reciters of the histories of royal dynasties) and the  vandīs  (general singers of prayers);  ye anye —as well as others;  vidyā-upajīvinaḥ —who were continuing their livelihood on the basis of educational qualifications;  taiḥ taiḥ —with whatever;  kāmaiḥ —improvements of desire;  adīna-ātmā —Mahārāja Nanda, who was so magnanimous;  yathā-ucitam —as was suitable;  apūjayat —worshiped them or satisfied them;  viṣṇoḥ ārādhana-arthāya —for the purpose of satisfying Lord Viṣṇu;  sva-putrasya —of his own child;  udayāya —for the improvement in all respects;  ca —and.
TRANSLATION
The great-minded Mahārāja Nanda gave clothing, ornaments and cows in charity to the cowherd men in order to please Lord Viṣṇu, and thus he improved the condition of his own son in all respects. He distributed charity to the  sūtas , the  māgadhas , the  vandīs , and men of all other professions, according to their educational qualifications, and satisfied everyone's desires.
PURPORT
Although it has become fashionable to speak of  daridra-nārāyaṇa , the words  viṣṇor ārādhanārthāya  do not mean that all the people satisfied by Nanda Mahārāja in this great ceremony were Viṣṇus. They were not  daridra , nor were they Nārāyaṇa. Rather, they were devotees of Nārāyaṇa, and by their educational qualifications they would satisfy