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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.14.35

देवर्ष्यर्हत्सु वै सत्सु तत्र ब्रह्मात्मजादिषु । राजन्यदग्रपूजायां मत: पात्रतयाच्युत: ॥ ३५ ॥
devarṣy-arhatsu vai satsu
[devarshy-arhatsu vai satsu]
tatra brahmātmajādiṣu
[tatra brahmaatmajaadishu]
rājan yad agra-pūjāyāṁ
[raajan yad agra-poojaayaam]
mataḥ pātratayācyutaḥ
[matah paatratayaachyutah]
Word-for-word
deva-ṛṣi — among the demigods and great saintly persons, including Nārada Muni arhatsu — the most venerable and worshipable personalities vai — indeed satsu — the great devotees tatra — there (at the Rājasūya-yajña) brahma-ātma-jādiṣu — and the sons of Lord Brahmā (such as Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanat and Sanātana) rājan — O King yat — from whom agra-pūjāyām — the first to be worshiped mataḥ — decision pātratayā — selected as the best person to preside over the Rājasūya-yajña acyutaḥ — Kṛṣṇa.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
devarṣy-arhatsu vai satsu
deva-ṛṣi
among the demigods and great saintly persons, including Nārada Muni
arhatsu
the most venerable and worshipable personalities
vai
indeed
satsu
the great devotees
tatra brahmātmajādiṣu
tatra
there (at the Rājasūya-yajña)
brahma-ātma-jādiṣu
and the sons of Lord Brahmā (such as Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanat and Sanātana)
rājan yad agra-pūjāyāṁ
rājan
O King
yat
from whom
agra-pūjāyām
the first to be worshiped
mataḥ pātratayācyutaḥ
mataḥ
decision
pātratayā
selected as the best person to preside over the Rājasūya-yajña
acyutaḥ
Kṛṣṇa.
O King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demigods, many great sages and saints including even the four sons of Lord Brahmā, and I myself were present at your Rājasūya sacrificial ceremony, but when there was a question of who should be the first person worshiped, everyone decided upon Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person.
Purport

This is a reference to the Rājasūya sacrifice performed by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. In that meeting there was a great turmoil over selecting the best person to be worshiped first. Everyone decided to worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The only protest came from Śiśupāla, and because of his vehement opposition he was killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King Yudhiṣṭhira! The venerable sages, the devatās and the sons of Lord Brahmā present at your Rājasūya sacrifice decided that Kṛṣṇa was qualified as the first person to be worshiped. It was decided without quarrel that the Lord was qualified for first worship at the Rājasūya sacrifice. Among the devatās, sages qualified by sacrifice and austerity (arhatsu), and among sons of Brahmā like the Kumāras, it was decided that Kṛṣṇa was qualified for the first worship.
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Personal Guidance
At Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya sacrifice, demigods, sages, even the four Kumāras and Nārada agreed Kṛṣṇa should be worshiped first. Only Śiśupāla objected — and he was killed. Consensus of saints points toward Kṛṣṇa; opposition to that consensus is dangerous.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose consensus do you currently follow on questions of ultimate reverence?
  • Where might your private objection to a saintly consensus be a Śiśupāla impulse?
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