SB 10.80.15

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā

SB 10.80.14

SB 10.80.16

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 15

sa tān ādāya viprāgryaḥ
prayayau dvārakāṁ kila
kṛṣṇa-sandarśanaṁ mahyaṁ
kathaṁ syād iti cintayan

SYNONYMS

saḥ—he; tān—them; ādāya—taking; vipra-agryaḥ—the best of brāhmaṇas; prayayau—went; dvārakām—to Dvārakā; kila—indeed; kṛṣṇa-sandarśanam—the audience of Lord Kṛṣṇa; mahyam—for me; katham-how; syāt—will it happen; iti—thus; cintayan—thinking.

TRANSLATION

Taking the flat rice, the saintly brāhmaṇa set off for Dvārakā, all the while wondering "How will I be able to have Kṛṣṇa's audience?"

PURPORT

Among other things, Sudāmā assumed that the gatekeepers would stop him.