Try this,
df.show
+---+---+---+---+
| A| B| C| D|
+---+---+---+---+
| 1| 2| 3| 4|
| 5| 4| 3| 1|
+---+---+---+---+
val temp_df = df.columns.foldLeft(df) { (acc: DataFrame, colName: String) => acc.withColumn(colName, concat(col(colName), lit(","+colName)))}
val minval = udf((ar: Seq[String]) => ar.min.split(",")(1))
val result = temp_df.withColumn("least", split(concat_ws(":",x.columns.map(col(_)):_*),":")).withColumn("least_col", minval(col("least")))
result.show
+---+---+---+---+--------------------+---------+
| A| B| C| D| least|least_col|
+---+---+---+---+--------------------+---------+
|1,A|2,B|3,C|4,D|[1,A, 2,B, 3,C, 4,D]| A|
|5,A|4,B|3,C|1,D|[5,A, 4,B, 3,C, 1,D]| D|
+---+---+---+---+--------------------+---------+