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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 22]
TRANSLATION
Overjoyed to know of his arrival, his subjects came forth from Brahmāvarta to greet their returning lord with songs, prayers and musical instruments.
PURPORT
It is the custom of the citizens of a kingdom's capital to receive the king when he returns from a tour. There is a similar description when Kṛṣṇa returned to Dvārakā after the Battle of Kurukṣetra. At that time He was received by all classes of citizens at the gate of the city. Formerly, capital cities were surrounded by walls, and there were different gates for regular entrance. Even in Delhi today there are old gates, and some other old cities have such gates where citizens would gather to receive the king. Here also the citizens of Barhiṣmatī, the capital of Brahmāvarta, the kingdom of Svāyambhuva, came nicely dressed to receive the Emperor with decorations and musical instruments.
TEXTS 29-30
बर्हिष्मती नाम पुरी सर्वसम्पत्समन्विता ।  
 न्यपतन् यत्र रोमाणि यज्ञस्याङ्गं विधुन्वतः ॥२९॥  
 कुशाः काशास्त एवासन् शश्वद्धरितवर्चसः ।  
 ऋषयो यैः पराभाव्य यज्ञघ्नान् यज्ञमीजिरे ॥३०॥
barhiṣmatī nāma purī  
 sarva-sampat-samanvitā  
 nyapatan yatra romāṇi  
 yajñasyāṅgam vidhunvataḥ
kuśāḥ kāśās ta evāsan  
 śaśvad-dharita-varcasaḥ  
 ṛṣayo yaiḥ parābhāvya  
 yajña-ghnān yajñam ījire
barhiṣmatī —Barhiṣmatī;  nāma —named;  purī —city;  sarva-sampat —all kinds of wealth;  samanvitā —full of;  nyapatan —fell down;  yatra —where;  romāṇi —the hairs;  yajñasya —of Lord Boar;  aṅgam —His body;  vidhunvataḥ —shaking;  kuśāḥ — kuśa  grass;  kāśāḥ — kāśa  grass;  te —they;  eva —certainly;  āsan —became;  śaśvat-harita —of evergreen;  varcasaḥ —having the color;  ṛṣayaḥ —