विदेहस्तानभिप्रेत्य नारायणपरायणान् । प्रीत: सम्पूजयां चक्रे आसनस्थान् यथार्हत: ॥ २६ ॥
videhas tān abhipretya nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇān prītaḥ sampūjayāṁ cakre āsana-sthān yathārhataḥ
- videhaḥ
- Nimi Mahārāja
- tān
- them
- abhipretya
- recognizing
- nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇān
- as devotees whose only goal was Nārāyaṇa
- prītaḥ
- satisfied
- sampūjayām cakre
- he fully worshiped them
- āsana-sthān
- who had been seated
- yathā-arhataḥ
- as they deserved
King Videha [Nimi] understood that the nine sages were exalted devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, overjoyed at their auspicious arrival, he offered them suitable sitting places and worshiped them in a proper way, just as one would worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.