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    "name":"SB 1.11.18",
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    "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.11.18",
    "description":"They hastened toward the Lord on chariots with brāhmaṇas bearing flowers. Before them were elephants, emblems of good fortune. Conchshells and bugles were sounded, and Vedic hymns were chanted. Thus they offered their respects, which were saturated with affection."
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====== SB 1.11.18 ======

> वारणेन्द्रं पुरस्कृत्य ब्राह्मणैः ससुमङ्गलैः ।
> शङ्खतूर्यनिनादेन ब्रह्मघोषेण चादृताः ।
> प्रत्युज्जग्मू रथैर्हृष्टाः प्रणयागतसाध्वसाः ॥१८॥

===== Text =====

> vāraṇendraṁ puraskṛtya
> brāhmaṇaiḥ sasumaṅgalaiḥ
> śaṅkha-tūrya-ninādena
> brahma-ghoṣeṇa cādṛtāḥ
> pratyujjagmū rathair hṛṣṭāḥ
> praṇayāgata-sādhvasāḥ

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:v:vāraṇa]]-[[synonyms:i:indram]]---elephants on the auspicious mission; [[synonyms:p:puraskṛtya]]---putting in the front; [[synonyms:b:brāhmaṇaiḥ]]---by the //brāhmaṇas//; [[synonyms:s:sa]]-[[synonyms:s:sumaṅgalaiḥ]]---with all-auspicious signs; [[synonyms:ś:śaṅkha]]---conchshell; [[synonyms:t:tūrya]]---bugle; [[synonyms:n:ninādena]]---by the sound of; [[synonyms:b:brahma]]-[[synonyms:g:ghoṣeṇa]]---by chanting the hymns of the //Vedas//; [[synonyms:c:ca]]---and; [[synonyms:ā:ādṛtāḥ]]---glorified; [[synonyms:p:prati]]---towards; [[synonyms:u:ujjagmuḥ]]---proceeded hurriedly; [[synonyms:r:rathaiḥ]]---on the chariots; [[synonyms:h:hṛṣṭāḥ]]---in cheerfulness; [[synonyms:p:praṇayāgata]]---saturated with affection; [[synonyms:s:sādhvasāḥ]]---all-respectful.

===== Translation =====

**They hastened toward the Lord on chariots with brāhmaṇas bearing flowers. Before them were elephants, emblems of good fortune. Conchshells and bugles were sounded, and Vedic hymns were chanted. Thus they offered their respects, which were saturated with affection.**

===== Purport =====

The Vedic way of receiving a great personality creates an atmosphere of respect, which is saturated with affection and veneration for the person received. The auspicious atmosphere of such a reception depends on the paraphernalia described above, including conchshells, flowers, incense, decorated elephants, and the qualified //brāhmaṇas// reciting verses from the Vedic literatures. Such a program of reception is full of sincerity, on the part of both the receiver and the received.