Verse 1.5.130

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.130:

आज्ञा-पालन-मात्रैक-सेवादर-कृतोत्सवः ।
यथा च वञ्चितो नीत्वा मिथ्या-गौरव-यन्त्रणाम् ॥ १३० ॥

ājñā-pālana-mātraika-sevādara-kṛtotsavaḥ |
yathā ca vañcito nītvā mithyā-gaurava-yantraṇām || 130 ||

Although I am performing this royal duty to follow the order of the Lord only, and respectfully consider this to be His service, I am obtaining only slight happiness. However, due to the anguish from the honor He granted me, it seems that he has cheated me.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

One might object as to why did you engage in such royal duty? Morevover, if that would have been the defect of transgressing the order of the Lord, why do you lament now? In reply to this becoming satisfied, Śrī Ugrasena says, “Only to follow the order of the Lord am I performing this royal duty. I consider this to be His service, and with great respect I perform the aforementioned duty. Thus I am experiencing a fraction of great happiness. However, I am cheated of the great benefit of His direct association…

“How was I cheated? Śrī Kṛṣṇa cheated me by granting the pain of false honor. What is the nature of that affliction of honor? He addresses me by all these honorific titles, "O respectable one, O maternal grandfather, O king of the Yadu dynasty!"Sometimes He says, "You should sit on the throne and give me a royal order." Sometimes we arrive in the royal assembly and He stands up and shows respect to me. In this way, He gives me the torment of false prestige and heavy shame. I am so unfortunate…”

Regarding this, it has been said in Harivaṃśa that after being anointed as King of kings, Śrī Kṛṣṇa alighted down from the chariot to enter the city of Dvārakā, and Ugrasena came forward with arghya water to worship Him.

But seeing him, Śrī Kṛṣṇa said, “O monarch of Mathurā, Ugrasena, I have anointed you on the royal throne as King of Mathurā, therefore, I cannot accept any action contrary to this, that is, any worship from you. Therefore, O king, it is not appropriate to offer me such things as arghya, footbath water, and ācaman. This is My opinion.”

“Therefore, O Devāṛṣī Śrī Nārada,” Ugrasena said, “these words and such behavior of Śrī Kṛṣṇa culminate in great misery for me. So where is my vast fortune?”