SB 1.19.11

अन्ये च देवर्षिब्रह्मर्षिवर्या राजर्षिवर्या अरुणादयश्च ।
नानार्षेयप्रवरान्समेतानभ्यर्च्य राजा शिरसा ववन्दे ॥ ११ ॥
anye ca devarṣi-brahmarṣi-varyā
rājarṣi-varyā aruṇādayaś ca
nānārṣeya-pravarān sametān
abhyarcya rājā śirasā vavande

Synonyms

anye ca — many others; [including]; varyāḥ — the foremost [śreṣṭhāḥ81]; devarṣi — [of] the celestial sages; brahmarṣi — the brāhmaṇa sages; rājarṣi-varyāḥ — [and] the foremost of the royal sages; ca — as well as; aruṇa-ādayaḥ [ṛṣayaḥ] — [other sages] such as Aruṇa [who are mentioned separately because they are aligned with a specific branch of the Vedas (aruṇa-ādayaḥ kāṇḍarṣitva-viśeṣeṇa pṛthaṅ nirdiṣṭāḥ)82]; [all arrived there (upajagmuḥ)83]; rājā — the king [Parīkṣit]; abhyarcya — reverentially greeted; sametān — the assembled members [(saṅghī-bhūtān); all those who arrived within his vicinity (sva-sannidhiṁ prāptān)84]; nānārṣeya-pravarān — who were the chief representatives of the various lineages of different sages [nānā yāni ārṣeyāṇi ṛṣīṇāṁ gotrāṇi teṣu pravarān śreṣṭhān85]; vavande — [and] honored [them]; śirasā — by bowing his head [to the ground (bhuvaṁ spṛṣṭvā vavande)86].

Translation

Many others including the foremost of the celestial sages, the brāhmaṇa sages, and the royal sages, as well as other sages such as Aruṇa, all arrived there. The king [Parīkṣit] reverentially greeted the assembled members, who were the chief representatives of the various lineages of different sages, and honored them by bowing his head to the ground.

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