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ŚB 10.80.15

Devanagari

स तानादाय विप्राग्र्‍य: प्रययौ द्वारकां किल ।
कृष्णसन्दर्शनं मह्यं कथं स्यादिति चिन्तयन् ॥ १५ ॥

Text

sa tān ādāya viprāgryaḥ
prayayau dvārakāṁ kila
kṛṣṇa-sandarśanaṁ mahyaṁ
kathaṁ syād iti cintayan

Synonyms

saḥ — he; tān — them; ādāya — taking; vipra-agryaḥ — the best of brāhmaṇas; prayayau — went; dvārakām — to Dvārakā; kila — indeed; kṛṣṇa-sandarśanam — the audience of Lord Kṛṣṇa; mahyam — for me; katham — how; syāt — will it happen; iti — thus; cintayan — thinking.

Translation

Taking the flat rice, the saintly brāhmaṇa set off for Dvārakā, all the while wondering “How will I be able to have Kṛṣṇa’s audience?”

Purport

Among other things, Sudāmā assumed that the gatekeepers would stop him.