gita-vaditra-ghosena

 brahma-ghosena bhuyasa

abhyayat sa hrsikesam

 pranah pranam ivadrtah

 

Translation: 

 

As songs and musical instruments resounded along with the loud vibration of Vedic hymns, the King went forth with great reverence to meet Lord Hrsikesa, just as the senses go forth to meet the consciousness of life.

 

Purport: 

 

Lord Krsna is here described as Hrsikesa, the Lord of the senses, and King Yudhisthira’s rushing to the Lord is compared to the senses eagerly joining the consciousness of life. Without consciousness, the senses are useless; indeed, the senses function through consciousness. Similarly, when the individual souls are bereft of Krsna consciousness, love of God, they enter into a useless and illusory struggle called material existence. Pure devotees like King Yudhisthira are never bereft of the Lord’s association, for they keep Him always within their heart, and yet they feel special ecstasy when they see the Lord after long separation, as described here.