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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.86.39

तृणपीठबृषीष्वेतानानीतेषूपवेश्य स: । स्वागतेनाभिनन्द्याङ्‍‍घ्रीन् सभार्योऽवनिजे मुदा ॥ ३९ ॥
tṛṇa-pīṭha-bṛṣīṣv etān
[trina-peetha-brisheeshv etaan]
ānīteṣūpaveśya saḥ
[aaneeteshoopaveshya sah]
svāgatenābhinandyāṅghrīn
[svaagatenaabhinandyaanghreen]
sa-bhāryo ’vanije mudā
[sa-bhaaryo ’vanije mudaa]
Word-for-word
tṛṇa — of grass pīṭha — on seats bṛṣīṣu — and on mats of darbha etān — them ānīteṣu — which were brought upaveśya — making sit saḥ — he sva - āgatena — with words of welcome abhinandya — greeting them aṅghrīn — their feet sa - bhāryaḥ — together with his wife avanije — washed mudā — with pleasure .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tṛṇa-pīṭha-bṛṣīṣv etān
tṛṇa
of grass
pīṭha
on seats
bṛṣīṣu
and on mats of darbha
etān
them
ānīteṣūpaveśya saḥ
ānīteṣu
which were brought
upaveśya
making sit
saḥ
he
svāgatenābhinandyāṅghrīn
sva - āgatena
with words of welcome
abhinandya
greeting them
aṅghrīn
their feet
sa-bhāryo ’vanije mudā
sa - bhāryaḥ
together with his wife
avanije
washed
mudā
with pleasure .
Important Words
  • tṛṇa-pīṭha — on seats of grass
    Compound: tṛṇa (grass) + pīṭha (seat). The simplest possible seat. Gauḍīyas contrast this with Bahulāśva's āsana-agryeṣu — and the verse's quiet point is that Kṛṣṇa is equally pleased with both.
  • bṛṣīṣu — on mats of darbha grass
    Locative plural of bṛṣī — a small darbha-grass mat used by brāhmaṇas for sitting during ritual. The vocabulary precisely matches gṛhya-sūtra practice: Śrutadeva does whatever a brāhmaṇa is required to do, with the means he has.
  • sva-āgatena — with words of welcome
    Compound: sva (own) + āgata (come). 'Welcome' — etymologically 'well-come.' The Vaiṣṇava welcome-formula is svāgatam — a single word; here used adverbially. Bhakti's first vocabulary is welcoming.
  • sa-bhāryaḥ — together with his wife
    Compound: sa (with) + bhāryā (wife, lit. 'one to be supported'). Śrutadeva's wife shares in the foot-washing. Gauḍīyas insist gṛhastha-bhakti is dual — husband and wife as joint sevakas — and read SB 10.86.39 alongside 10.41.40 (Sudāmā-mālākāra and his wife).
After bringing mats of grass and darbha straw and seating his guests upon them, he greeted them with words of welcome. Then he and his wife washed their feet with great pleasure.
Purport

To provide even this simple welcome, Śrutadeva had to go next door to his neighbors and borrow extra mats. This insight is provided by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After bringing mats of grass and darbha straw and seating his guests upon them, he greeted them with words of welcome. Then he and his wife washed their feet with great pleasure.
Commentary

He sat them down on kusa asanas, some from his own house and some brought from neighboring houses, and washed their feet.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He offered Kṛṣṇa and sages seats suitable for sannyāsīs, made of new grass and darbha, brought from his house, and personally touching their feet with great devotion had them sit.

Related values & verses
Related values
Sthitaprajna (Steady Wisdom)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomAbhaya (Fearlessness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Ishvara Pranidhana (Surrender to God)
Related verses
BG 2.60 BG 5.7 BG 12.5 BG 5.4 BG 6.1 BG 3.27 BG 10.4 BG 3.11 BG 18.1 BG 6.13 BG 7.8
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Śrutadeva brings grass mats and seats his guests. Even the simplest hospitality, done attentively, becomes royal. Care, not finery, makes the seat worthy.
Reflection Questions
  • Where could attentiveness substitute for materials I do not have?
  • What ordinary care today could become a royal welcome of God?
Analogy

The brāhmaṇa cannot offer thrones — only kuśa-grass and darbha mats. But the seats are good because the heart is full; Bhagavān reads upacāra-rasa, not upacāra-cost.

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