स चालब्ध्वा धनं कृष्णान्न तु याचितवान्स्वयम् । स्वगृहान् व्रीडितोऽगच्छन्महद्दर्शननिर्वृत: ॥ १४ ॥
sa cālabdhvā dhanaṁ kṛṣṇān na tu yācitavān svayam sva-gṛhān vrīḍito ’gacchan mahad-darśana-nirvṛtaḥ
- saḥ
- he
- ca
- and
- alabdhvā
- not having obtained
- dhanam
- wealth
- kṛṣṇāt
- from Lord Kṛṣṇa
- na
- not
- tu
- however
- yācitavān
- did beg
- svayam
- on his own initiative
- sva
- to his
- gṛhān
- home
- vrīḍitaḥ
- embarrassed
- agacchat
- he went
- mahat
- of the Supreme Lord
- darśana
- by the audience
- nirvṛtaḥ
- made joyful
Although he had apparently received no wealth from Lord Kṛṣṇa, Sudāmā was too shy to beg for it on his own. He simply returned home, feeling perfectly satisfied to have had the Supreme Lord’s audience.