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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.70.19

తత్రోపమన్త్రిణో రాజన్ నానాహాస్యరసైర్విభుమ్ । ఉపతస్థుర్నటాచార్యా నర్తక్యస్తాణ్డవై: పృథక్ ॥ ౧౯ ॥
tatropamantriṇo rājan
[tatropamantrino raajan]
nānā-hāsya-rasair vibhum
[naanaa-haasya-rasair vibhum]
upatasthur naṭācāryā
[upatasthur nataachaaryaa]
nartakyas tāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthak
[nartakyas taandavaih prithak]
tatra — there upamantriṇaḥ — the jesters rājan — O King nānā — with various hāsya — joking rasaiḥ — moods vibhum — the Supreme Lord upatasthuḥ — they served naṭa - ācāryāḥ — expert entertainers nartakyaḥ — female dancers tāṇdavaiḥ — with energetic dances pṛthak — separately .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatropamantriṇo rājan
tatra
there
nānā-hāsya-rasair vibhum
upatasthur naṭācāryā
upamantriṇaḥ
the jesters
rājan
O King
nānā
with various
nartakyas tāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthak
hāsya
joking
rasaiḥ
moods
vibhum
the Supreme Lord
upatasthuḥ
they served
naṭa - ācāryāḥ
expert entertainers
nartakyaḥ
female dancers
tāṇdavaiḥ
with energetic dances
pṛthak
separately .
  • upamantriṇaḥ — jesters, advisors-in-jest
    The court vidūṣaka — comic counselor — is a Vedic institution. Even in Bhagavān's assembly, laughter has its place. Bhakti is not solemn refusal of joy but joy redirected to Him.
  • hāsya-rasaiḥ — with comic moods, hāsya-rasas
    Hāsya is one of the nine rasas; even in the rasa-śāstra of bhakti, hāsya-rasa has its place (Bharata-muni, Rūpa Gosvāmī's Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu). Kṛṣṇa enjoys hāsya as ardently as vīra or mādhurya.
  • naṭa-ācāryāḥ — expert performers, dance-masters
    Naṭa-ācārya literally 'master-actor.' In Caitanya tradition the term is reclaimed: Mahāprabhu Himself is the supreme naṭa, dancing kṛṣṇa-līlā back into the world.
  • vibhum — the all-pervading Lord
    He is Vibhu — vast, all-pervading — and yet sits and receives the dance of one female performer. The vibhu is simultaneously aṇu in attention. Bhakti rests on this double infinity.
And there, O King, jesters would entertain the Lord by displaying various comic moods, expert entertainers would perform for Him, and female dancers would dance energetically.

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the word naṭācāryāḥ refers, among other things, to expert magicians. All of these different entertainers, one after the other, would perform for the Lord in the assembly of great kings.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
And there, O King, jesters would entertain the Lord by displaying various comic moods, expert entertainers would perform for Him, and female dancers would dance energetically.
Commentary

Jesters (upamantrinah), dancers (natacaryah) and magicians and others honored the Lord in their groups (prthak).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Jesters entertained the Lord, full of all rasas (vibhum). Śukadeva addresses Parīkṣit in joy, “O king!” The performers served him by dancing.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Jesters entertained the Lord, full of all rasas (vibhum). Śukadeva addresses Parīkṣit in joy, “O king!” Or the performers shining with various rasas (rājan) served him by dancing.

Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Prema (Divine Love)
Concepts
RasaMantraJiva

Jesters and dancers in Bhagavān's court are like crows feeding from the same lake as swans — even play and laughter, in His presence, become bhakti. There is no domain of human life He has not made into His own service.

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