Text 15] Lord Krsna’s Entrance in Dvaraka 969

sammarjita—thoroughly cleansed; maha-marga—highways; rath ya—lanes
and subways; apanaka—shopping marketplaces; catvaram—public meeting
places; siktam—moistened with; gandha-jalaih—scented water; uptam—was
strewn with; phala—fruits; puspa—flowers; aksata—unbroken; ankuraih—
seeds.

TRANSLATION

The highways, subways, lanes, markets and public meeting places were
all thoroughly cleansed and then moistened with scented water. And to
welcome the Lord, fruits, flowers and unbroken seeds were strewn every-
where.

PURPORT

Scented waters prepared by distilling flowers like rose and keora were
requisitioned to wet the roads, streets and lanes of Dvaraka-dhama. Such
places along with the marketplace and public meeting places were
thoroughly cleansed. From the above description, it appears that the city
of Dvaraka-dhama was considerably big, containing many highways, streets,
and public meeting places with parks, gardens and reservoirs of water, all
very nicely decorated with flowers and fruits. And to welcome the Lord
such flowers and fruits with unbroken seeds of grain were also strewn over
the public places. Unbroken seeds of grain or fruits in the seedling stage
were considered auspicious, and they are still so used by the Hindus in
general on festival days.

TEXT 15

ait att semi a qeraaTSRtH: |
sett 8 ugetafehirgadiaa: ei

dvari dvari grhanarm ca
dadhy-aksata-phaleksubhih
alankrtam purna-kumbhair

balibhir dhiipa-dipakaih

dvari dvari—the door of each and every house; grhénam-—of. all the
residential buildings; ca—and; dadhi—curd; aksata—unbroken; phala—
fruit; iksubhih—sugarcane; alankrtam—decorated; pirna-kumbhaih—full
water pots; balibhih—along with articles for worship; dhipa—incense;
dipakaih—with lamps and candles.
