ननु ब्रह्मन् भगवत: सखा साक्षाच्छ्रिय: पति: । ब्रह्मण्यश्च शरण्यश्च भगवान् सात्वतर्षभ: ॥ ९ ॥
nanu brahman bhagavataḥ sakhā sākṣāc chriyaḥ patiḥ brahmaṇyaś ca śaraṇyaś ca bhagavān sātvatarṣabhaḥ
- nanu
- indeed
- brahman
- O brāhmaṇa
- bhagavataḥ
- of your exalted self
- sakhā
- the friend
- sākṣāt
- directly
- śriyaḥ
- of the supreme goddess of fortune
- patiḥ
- the husband
- brahmaṇyaḥ
- compassionate to brāhmaṇas
- ca
- and
- śaraṇyaḥ
- willing to give shelter
- ca
- and
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- sātvata
- of the Yādavas
- ṛṣabhaḥ
- the best
[Sudāmā’s wife said:] O brāhmaṇa, isn’t it true that the husband of the goddess of fortune is the personal friend of your exalted self? That greatest of Yādavas, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, is compassionate to brāhmaṇas and very willing to grant them His shelter.