Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.80.15
sa tān ādāya viprāgryaḥ
prayayau dvārakāḿ kila
kṛṣṇa-sandarśanaḿ mahyaḿ
kathaḿ 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.
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