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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.86.19

తత్ర తత్ర తమాయాన్తం పౌరా జానపదా నృప । ఉపతస్థు: సార్ఘ్యహస్తా గ్రహై: సూర్యమివోదితమ్ ॥ ౧౯ ॥
tatra tatra tam āyāntaṁ
[tatra tatra tam aayaantam]
paurā jānapadā nṛpa
[pauraa jaanapadaa nripa]
upatasthuḥ sārghya-hastā
[upatasthuh saarghya-hastaa]
grahaiḥ sūryam ivoditam
[grahaih sooryam ivoditam]
tatra tatra — in each place tam — Him āyāntam — as He was coming paurāḥ — city residents jānapadāḥ — and village residents nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit) upatasthuḥ — came forward to greet Him sa — with arghya — water to offer as a token of respect hastāḥ — in their hands grahaiḥ — by the planets sūryam — the sun iva — as uditam — risen .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra tatra tam āyāntaṁ
tatra tatra
in each place
tam
Him
āyāntam
as He was coming
paurā jānapadā nṛpa
paurāḥ
city residents
jānapadāḥ
and village residents
nṛpa
O King (Parīkṣit)
upatasthuḥ sārghya-hastā
upatasthuḥ
came forward to greet Him
sa
with
arghya
water to offer as a token of respect
hastāḥ
in their hands
grahaiḥ sūryam ivoditam
grahaiḥ
by the planets
sūryam
the sun
iva
as
uditam
risen .
  • arghya — water offered as a token of respect
    From √arh (to be worthy). The first of the upacāras in pūjā — water for honored guests. Gauḍīyas note that the whole world spontaneously offers arghya when Bhagavān moves — pūjā is not invented by humans, it is the natural response to darśana.
  • uditam — risen
    Past participle of ud + √i (to rise). The Sun simile — Kṛṣṇa's chariot moves like the sun arising. Gauḍīyas link this to BG 4.7 — Bhagavān arises (sambhavāmi) again and again to dispel darkness.
  • grahaiḥ — by the planets
    Instrumental plural of graha (planet, grasper). The sages who accompany Kṛṣṇa are likened to planets that orbit the sun. Devotee-sages do not generate their own light; they reflect Kṛṣṇa's. A precise Gauḍīya doctrine of guru-tattva.
In every city and town the Lord passed along the way, O King, the people came forward to worship Him with offerings of arghya water in their hands, as if to worship the risen sun surrounded by planets.

Here the sages traveling with Kṛṣṇa on His chariot are likened to planets around the sun.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In every city and town the Lord passed along the way, O King, the people came forward to worship Him with offerings of arghya water in their hands, as if to worship the risen sun surrounded by planets.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

O king! He addresses Parīkṣit of joy. Though the sages were effulgent, in proximity to the Lord their effulgence dulled.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The people came to the Lord who had arrived (ayantam). The present tense is used to indicate that he suddenly came. O king! He addresses Parīkṣit of joy. Another version has nṛpāḥ: local kings also approached the lord. He was like the sun rising with the planets. This is adbhūta upamā: when the sun rises the planets cannot be seen. But now the sages, by proximity to the lord, became very effulgent.

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Wherever Kṛṣṇa's chariot passes, towns line up like planets around the rising sun — the surya-simile is from the Veda, but here the sun is Kṛṣṇa Himself and the planets are the sages. Devatās of the day-sky bow to the master of the eternal sky.

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