Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.13
na tasya sampadaḥ sarvā
mahiṣyo vāma-locanāḥ
sārvabhaumasya bhūś ceyam
abhavan prīti-hetavaḥ
SYNONYMS
na — not; tasya — of him (Citraketu); sampadaḥ — the great opulences; sarvāḥ — all; mahiṣyaḥ — the queens; vāma-locanāḥ — having very attractive eyes; sārva-bhaumasya — of the emperor; bhūḥ — land; ca — also; iyam — this; abhavan — were; prīti-hetavaḥ — sources of pleasure.
TRANSLATION
His queens all had beautiful faces and attractive eyes, yet neither his opulences, his hundreds and thousands of queens, nor the lands of which he was the supreme proprietor were sources of happiness for him.
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