SB 10.81.27
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 27
patnīṁ vīkṣya visphurantīṁ
devīṁ vaimānikīm iva
dāsīnāṁ niṣka-kaṇṭhīnāṁ
madhye bhāntīṁ sa vismitaḥ
SYNONYMS
patnīm—his wife; vīkṣya—seeing; visphurantīm—appearing effulgent; devīm—a demigoddess; vaimānikīm—come in a heavenly airplane; iva—as if; dāsīnām—of maidservants; niṣka—lockets; kaṇṭhīnām—on whose necks; madhye—in the midst; bhāntīm—shining; saḥ—he; vismitaḥ—amazed.
TRANSLATION
Sudāmā was amazed to see his wife. Shining forth in the midst of maidservants adorned with jeweled lockets, she looked as effulgent as a demigoddess in her celestial airplane.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that up to now the Supreme Lord had kept the brāhmaṇa in his wretched state so that his wife could recognize him.