Not Compromising Our Vedic Culture -Dwarkadhish Prabhu 2016 05 15 SB 10 81 29 36 ISKCON Chowpatty

Not Compromising Our Vedic Culture -Dwarkadhish Prabhu 2016 05 15 SB 10 81 29 36 ISKCON Chowpatty SB 10.81.29-32 payaḥ-phena-nibhāḥ śayyā  dāntā rukma-paricchadāḥ paryaṅkā hema-daṇḍāni  cāmara-vyajanāni ca āsanāni ca haimāni  mṛdūpastaraṇāni ca muktādāma-vilambīni  vitānāni dyumanti ca svaccha-sphaṭika-kuḍyeṣu  mahā-mārakateṣu ca ratna-dīpān bhrājamānān  lalanā ratna-saṁyutāḥ vilokya brāhmaṇas tatra  samṛddhīḥ sarva-sampadām tarkayām āsa nirvyagraḥ  sva-samṛddhim ahaitukīm Word for word: payaḥ — of milk; phena — the foam; nibhāḥ — resembling; śayyāḥ — beds; dāntāḥ — made of elephant tusks; rukma — golden; paricchadāḥ — whose ornamentation; paryaṅkāḥ — couches; hema — of gold; daṇḍāni — whose legs; cāmara-vyajanāni — yak-tail fans; ca — and; āsanāni — chairs; ca — and; haimāni — golden; mṛdu — soft; upastaraṇāni — cushions; ca — and; muktā-dāma — with strings of pearls; vilambīni — hanging; vitānāni — canopies; dyumanti — gleaming; ca — and; svaccha — clear; sphaṭika — of crystal glass; kuḍyeṣu — upon the walls; mahā-mārakateṣu — with precious emeralds; ca — also; ratna — jeweled; dīpān — lamps; bhrājamānān — shining; lalanāḥ — women; ratna — with jewels; saṁyutāḥ — decorated; vilokya — seeing; brāhmaṇaḥ — the brāhmaṇa; tatra — there; samṛddhīḥ — the flourishing; sarva — all; sampadām — of opulences; tarkayām āsa — he conjectured; nirvyagraḥ — free from agitation; sva — his own; samṛddhim — about the prosperity; ahaitukīm — unexpected. Translation: In Sudāmā’s home were beds as soft and white as the foam of milk, with bedsteads made of ivory and ornamented with gold. There were also couches with golden legs, as well as royal cāmara fans, golden thrones, soft cushions and gleaming canopies hung with strings of pearls. Upon the walls of sparkling crystal glass, inlaid with precious emeralds, shone jeweled lamps, and the women in the palace were all adorned with precious gems. As he viewed this luxurious opulence of all varieties, the brāhmaṇa calmly reasoned to himself about his unexpected prosperity.