Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.4
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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abhivandanam
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obeisances
From abhi + √vand. The Supreme Lord bows — Gauḍīya doctrine: Bhagavān honours dharma by enacting it. Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīma are elder; Kṛṣṇa's bow is not affectation but the perfection of vinaya, the model surrender shows the world.
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phālgunam
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Arjuna
Arjuna's name as the one born under the Phalgunī star. Of the five brothers, Arjuna alone receives parirambha (firm embrace) — sakhya-rasa. Gauḍīyas regard Arjuna as the paradigmatic sakhā of Kṛṣṇa in the warrior register.
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parirabhya
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firmly embracing
From pari + √rabh — to grasp around. Distinct from the formal abhivādana given to elders and the abhivandana received from twins; embrace is the bodily form of sakhya, the rasa Kṛṣṇa keeps in this specific relation.
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yamābhyām
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by the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
Dual instrumental. They offer obeisances to Him because they are younger. Each Pāṇḍava is placed in his right rasa — Gauḍīya etiquette: dharma serves rasa, never overrides it.
Externally Kṛṣṇa was the Pāṇḍavas’ cousin, and their relationship was just like that between cousin-brothers. Because Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīma were externally senior to Kṛṣṇa, the Lord bowed down at their feet, whereas He embraced His peer Arjuna and accepted obeisances from the younger brothers, Nakula and Sahadeva. Sometimes inexperienced devotees think it is sinful to honor or bow down to an elder brother in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But from Lord Kṛṣṇa’s example here we may conclude that offering all respects to a senior brother in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not sinful.
The twins offered obeisances while Krsna stood.
Out of bliss, both parties forgot proper etiquette. Then they carefully performed the welcome. He embraced Aruṇa and was offered respects by Nakula and Sahadeva. This means they touched their heads to Kṛṣṇa’s feet. Another version has abhivāditaḥ. Kṛṣṇa was born in Rohiṇī constellation and Arjuna was born in Phalguna constellation. By birth Kṛṣṇa was thus older. However their great friendship was the cause of treating each other as equals.
In the confusion of prema they could only embrace and were unable to give blessings. Or seeing that they did not do the formalities out of shyness, to teach the public, he personally acted according to etiquette. He bowed to the feet of Yudhiṣṭhira. Then he embraced Arjuna, not with the same great affection as previously.
A great king dismounts at each gate of His own city — to the elder warder He bows, the equal warrior He embraces, the younger guards He receives. Kṛṣṇa's order of greetings is etiquette transmuted into rasa: each Pāṇḍava gets the gesture his relation demands.
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Source: vedabase.io