Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 80 Verses 25-26

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.80.25-26

kim anena kṛtaḿ puṇyam

avadhūtena bhikṣuṇā

śriyā hīnena loke 'smin

garhitenādhamena ca

yo 'sau tri-loka-guruṇā

śrī-nivāsena sambhṛtaḥ

paryańka-sthāḿ śriyaḿ hitvā

pariṣvakto 'gra-jo yathā

SYNONYMS

kim — what; anena — by him; kṛtam — was done; puṇyam — pious activity; avadhūtena — unwashed; bhikṣuṇā — by the mendicant; śriyā — of prosperity; hīnena — who is deprived; loke — in the world; asmin — this; garhitena — condemned; adhamena — lowly; ca — and; yaḥ — who; asau — himself; tri — three; loka — of the planetary systems of the universe; guruṇā — by the spiritual master; śrī — of Lakṣmī, the supreme goddess of fortune; nivāsena — the abode; sambhṛtaḥ — served reverentially; paryańka — on her bed; sthām — seated; śrīyam — the goddess of fortune; hitvā — leaving aside; pariṣvaktaḥ — embraced; agra-jaḥ — an elder brother; yathā — as.

TRANSLATION

[The residents of the palace said:] What pious acts has this unkempt, impoverished brāhmaṇa performed? People regard him as lowly and contemptible, yet the spiritual master of the three worlds, the abode of Goddess Śrī, is serving him reverently. Leaving the goddess of fortune sitting on her bed, the Lord has embraced this brāhmaṇa as if he were an older brother.

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