SB 10.81.21-23

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 81: The Lord Blesses Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa

SB 10.81.20 - SB 10.81.24

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXTS 21-23

iti tac cintayann antaḥ

prāpto niya-gṛhāntikam

sūryānalendu-saṅkāśair

vimānaiḥ sarvato vṛtam

vicitropavanodyānaiḥ

kūjad-dvija-kulākulaiḥ

protphulla-kamudāmbhoja-

kahlārotpala-vāribhiḥ

juṣṭaṁ sv-alaṅkṛtaiḥ pumbhiḥ

strībhiś ca hariṇākṣibhiḥ

kim idaṁ kasya vā sthānaṁ

kathaṁ tad idam ity abhūt

SYNONYMS

iti — thus; tat — this; cintayan — thinking; antaḥ — inwardly; prāptaḥ — arrived; nija — his; gṛha — of the home; antikam — at the vicinity; sūrya — the sun; anala — fire; indu — and the moon; saṅkāśaiḥ — rivaling; vimānaiḥ — with celestial palaces; sarvataḥ — on all sides; vṛtam — surrounded; vicitra — wonderful; upavana — with courtyards; udyānaiḥ — and gardens; kūjat — cooing; dvija — of birds; kula — with hordes; ākulaiḥ — swarming; protphulla — fully bloomed; kumuda — having night-blooming lotuses; ambhoja — day-blooming lotuses; kahlāra — white lotuses; utpala — and water lilies; vāribhiḥ — with reservoirs of water; juṣṭam — adorned; su — well; alaṅkṛtaiḥ — ornamented; pumbhiḥ — with men; strībhiḥ — with women; ca — and; hariṇā — like those of she-deer; akṣibhiḥ — whose eyes; kim — what; idam — this; kasya — whose; vā — or; sthānam — place; katham — how; tat — it; idam — this; iti — so; abhūt — has become.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Thinking thus to himself, Sudāmā finally came to the place where his home stood. But that place was now crowded on all sides with towering, celestial palaces rivaling the combined brilliance of the sun, fire and the moon. There were splendorous courtyards and gardens, each filled with flocks of cooing birds and beautified by ponds in which kumuda, ambhoja, kahlāra and utpala lotuses grew. Finely attired men and doe-eyed women stood in attendance. Sudāmā wondered, "What is all this? Whose property is it? How has this all come about?"

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī gives the sequence of the brāhmaṇa's thoughts: First, seeing a great, unfamiliar effulgence, he thought! "What is this?" Then, noting the palaces, he asked himself, "Whose place is this?" And recognizing it as his own, he wondered, "How has it become so transformed?"

SB 10.81.20 - SB 10.81.24