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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.81.21-23

इति तच्चिन्तयन्नन्त: प्राप्तो निजगृहान्तिकम् ।

सूर्यानलेन्दुसङ्काशैर्विमानै: सर्वतो वृतम् ॥ २१ ॥

विचित्रोपवनोद्यानै: कूजद्‌द्विजकुलाकुलै: ।

प्रोत्फुल्ल‍कमुदाम्भोजकह्लारोत्पलवारिभि: ॥ २२ ॥

जुष्टं स्वलङ्कृतै: पुम्भि: स्‍त्रीभिश्च हरिणाक्षिभि: ।

किमिदं कस्य वा स्थानं कथं तदिदमित्यभूत् ॥ २३ ॥

iti tac cintayann antaḥ

prāpto niya-gṛhāntikam

sūryānalendu-saṅkāśair

vimānaiḥ sarvato vṛtam

vicitropavanodyānaiḥ

kūjad-dvija-kulākulaiḥ

protphulla-kamudāmbhoja-

kahlārotpala-vāribhiḥ

juṣṭaṁ sv-alaṅkṛtaiḥ pumbhiḥ

strībhiś ca hariṇākṣibhiḥ

kim idaṁ kasya vā sthānaṁ

kathaṁ tad idam ity abhūt

Translation

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Thinking thus to himself, Sudāmā finally came to the place where his home stood. But that place was now crowded on all sides with towering, celestial palaces rivaling the combined brilliance of the sun, fire and the moon. There were splendorous courtyards and gardens, each filled with flocks of cooing birds and beautified by ponds in which kumuda, ambhoja, kahlāra and utpala lotuses grew. Finely attired men and doe-eyed women stood in attendance. Sudāmā wondered, “What is all this? Whose property is it? How has this all come about?”

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From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sudāmā Marvels at His Transformed Home

  1. 1

    Sudāmā arrived where his home stood and found towering celestial palaces, splendid gardens, lotus-filled ponds and finely dressed attendants.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that Sudāmā first noticed an unfamiliar brilliance and wondered what it was. Then, seeing the palaces, he wondered whose place it was.

  3. 3

    When Sudāmā recognized the place as his own, he wondered how it had become so transformed.

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