Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.81.33
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.81.21-23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit
नूनं बतैतन्मम दुर्भगस्य
शश्वद्दरिद्रस्य समृद्धिहेतु: ।
महाविभूतेरवलोकतोऽन्यो
नैवोपपद्येत यदूत्तमस्य ॥ ३३ ॥
nūnaṁ bataitan mama durbhagasya
śaśvad daridrasya samṛddhi-hetuḥ
mahā-vibhūter avalokato ’nyo
naivopapadyeta yadūttamasya
Translation
[Sudāmā thought:] I have always been poor. Certainly the only possible way that such an unfortunate person as myself could become suddenly rich is that Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supremely opulent chief of the Yadu dynasty, has glanced upon Me.
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