सोऽपि वव्रेऽचलां भक्तिं तस्मिन्नेवाखिलात्मनि । तद्भक्तेषु च सौहार्दं भूतेषु च दयां पराम् ॥ ५१ ॥
so ’pi vavre ’calāṁ bhaktiṁ tasminn evākhilātmani tad-bhakteṣu ca sauhārdaṁ bhūteṣu ca dayāṁ parām
- saḥ
- he
- api
- and
- vavre
- chose
- acalām
- unshakable
- bhaktim
- devotion
- tasmin
- to Him
- eva
- alone
- akhila
- of everything
- ātmani
- the Supreme Soul
- tat
- toward His
- bhakteṣu
- devotees
- ca
- and
- sauhārdam
- friendship
- bhūteṣu
- toward living beings in general
- ca
- and
- dayām
- mercy
- parām
- transcendental
Sudāmā chose unshakable devotion for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul of all existence; friendship with His devotees; and transcendental compassion for all living beings.