Texts 4-5] Lord Krsna’s Entrance in Dvaraka 599

tatropanita-balayo
raver dipam ivadrtah
atmdradmam pirna-kamari
nija-labhena nityada
prity-utphulla-mukhah procur
harsa-gadgadaya gira
pitarart sarva-suhrdam
avitdrum ivadrbhakah

tatra—thereupon; upanita—having offered; balayah—presentation;
raveh—up to the sun; dipam—lamp; iva—like; adrtah—being evaluated;
atmaramam—unto the self-sufficient; piirna-kamam—fully satisfied; nija-
labhena—by His own potencies; nityada—one who supplies incessantly ;
priti—affection; utphulla-mukhah—cheerful faces; procuh—said; harsa—
gladdened; gadgadayd—ecstatic; gird—speeches; pitaram—unto the father;
sarva—all; suhrdam—friends; avitdram—the guardian; iva—like: arbhakah—
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 Krsna is described herein as dtmarama. 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.
