🪷 ŚB 4.22.5

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

तत्पादशौचसलिलैर्मार्जितालकबन्धन: ।
तत्र शीलवतां वृत्तमाचरन्मानयन्निव ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

tat-pāda-śauca-salilair
mārjitālaka-bandhanaḥ
tatra śīlavatāṁ vṛttam
ācaran mānayann iva

Synonyms

tat-pāda — their lotus feet; śauca — washed; salilaiḥ — water; mārjita — sprinkled; alaka — hair; bandhanaḥ — bunch; tatra — there; śīlavatām — of the respectable gentlemen; vṛttam — behavior; ācaran — behaving; mānayan — practicing; iva — like.

Translation

After this, the King took the water which had washed the lotus feet of the Kumāras and sprinkled it over his hair. By such respectful actions, the King, as an exemplary personality, showed how to receive a spiritually advanced personality.

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