असूर्यम् इव सूर्येण निवातम् इव वायुना ॥
कृष्णेन समुपेतेन जहृषे भारतं पुरम् ॥
तं मुदाभिसमागम्य सत्कृत्य च यथाविधि ॥
संपृष्ट्वा कुशलं चैव सुखासीनं युधिष्ठिरः ॥
धौम्यद्वैपायनमुखैर् ऋत्विग्भिः पुरुषर्षभः ॥
भीमार्जुनयमैश् चापि सहितः कृष्णम् अब्रवीत् ॥
asūryam iva sūryeṇa nivātam iva vāyunā ||
kṛṣṇena samupetena jahṛṣe bhārataṃ puram ||
taṃ mudābhisamāgamya satkṛtya ca yathāvidhi ||
saṃpṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ caiva sukhāsīnaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
dhaumyadvaipāyanamukhair ṛtvigbhiḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ ||
bhīmārjunayamaiś cāpi sahitaḥ kṛṣṇam abravīt ||
As the sunless place rejoices in the sun, as the windless rejoices in the wind, so did the city of the Bharatas rejoice at Krishna's arrival. Having met him with joy, honored him according to rite, and asked after his well-being, Yudhishthira, bull among men, when he had comfortably seated himself, together with the ritvijas led by Dhaumya and Dvaipayana, and with Bhima, Arjuna, and the twins, said to Krishna:
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The comparison is exact: the city rejoices at Krishna "as the sunless place rejoices in the sun." It is telling that the Lord's presence is for the devotees what light is to darkness and air to stifling closeness — not one pleasure among others, but life itself. Without Him there is the stupor of sunlessness, the deathly stillness of windlessness; with Him, revival and rejoicing. The verse teaches that the Lord is not one good among many but the source of every good and joy; and the company of devotees without Him is like a day without its luminary. Where He appears, all things flourish, for He is the very sun of existence.