Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.80.23

ku-cailaḿ malinaḿ kṣāmaḿ

dvijaḿ dhamani-santatam

devī paryacarat sākṣāc

cāmara-vyajanena vai

SYNONYMS

ku — poor; cailam — whose dress; malinam — dirty; kṣāmam — emaciated; dvijam — the brāhmaṇa; dhamani-santatam — his veins visible; devī — the goddess of fortune; paryacarat — served; sākṣāt — personally; cāmara — with a yak-tail fan; vyajanena — by fanning; vai — indeed.

TRANSLATION

By fanning him with her cāmara, the divine goddess of fortune personally served that poor brāhmaṇa, whose clothing was torn and dirty and who was so thin that veins were visible all over his body.

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