Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 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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