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rushing to see Him. They gave up their household engagements, and those
who were lying in bed with their husbands immediately left them and
came directly down onto the street to see Lord Krsna.

The procession of: elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry was very
crowded; some, being unable to see properly in the crowd, got up on the
roofs of the houses. They were pleased to see Lord Sri Krsna passing with
His thousands of queens. They began to shower flowers on the procession,
and they embraced Lord Krsna within their minds and gave Him a hearty
reception. When they saw Him in the midst of His many queens, like the
full moon situated amidst many luminaries, they began to talk amongst
themselves.

One girl said to another, “My dear friend, it is very difficult to guess
what kind of pious activities these queens might have performed, for they
are always enjoying the smiling face and loving glances of Krsna.” While
Lord Krsna was thus passing on the road, at intervals some of the opulent
citizens, who were all rich, respectable and freed from sinful activities
presented auspicious articles to the Lord, just to offer Him a reception to
the city. Thus they worshiped Him as humble servitors.

When Lord Krsna entered the palace, all the ladies there became over-
whelmed with affection just upon seeing Him. They immediately received
Lord Krsna with glittering eyes expressing their love and affection for
Him, and Lord Krsna smiled and accepted their feelings and gestures of
reception. When Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas, saw her nephew Lord
Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, she became overpowered
with love and affection. She at once got up from her bedstead and appeared
before Him with her daughter-in-law, Draupadi, and in maternal love and
affection she embraced Him. As he brought Krsna within the palace, King
Yudhisthira became so confused in his jubilation that he practically forgot
what he was to do at that time in order to receive Krsna and worship Him
properly. Lord Krsna delightfully offered His respects and obeisances to
Kunti and other elderly ladies of the palace. His younger sister, Subhadra,
was also standing there with Draupadi, and both offered their respectful
obeisances unto the lotus feet of the Lord. At the indication of her mother-
in-law, Draupadi brought clothing, ornaments and garlands, and with this
paraphernalia they received the queens Rukmini, Satyabhama, Bhadra,
Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Laksmana and the devoted Satya. These
principal queens of Lord Krsna were first received, and then the remaining
queens were also offered a proper reception. King Yudhisthira arranged
for Krsna’s rest and saw that all who came along with Him—namely His
queens, His soldiers, His ministers and His secretaries—were comfortably
