Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.29
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
On Śukadeva Gosvāmī’s arrival at the meeting, everyone, except Śrīla Vyāsadeva, Nārada and a few others, stood up, and Mahārāja Parīkṣit, who was glad to receive a great devotee of the Lord, bowed down before him with all the limbs of his body. Śukadeva Gosvāmī also exchanged the greetings and reception by embrace, shaking of hands, nodding and bowing down, especially before his father and Nārada Muni. Thus he was offered the presidential seat at the meeting. When he was so received by the king and sages, the street boys and less intelligent women who followed him were struck with wonder and fear. So they retired from their frivolous activities, and everything was full of gravity and calm.
Parīkṣit (viṣṇurātaḥ) worshipped him while bowing with his head. The women and children then disappeared. Śukadeva sat on a huge throne which was offered as part of the worship. The sandhi in sopaviveśa is poetic license.
- Where could I publicly honor someone in a way that recalibrates the room?
- What seat could I offer that signals the right hierarchy?
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