Å›yÄmaika-varṇÄn varuṇo
hayÄn Å›uklÄn mano-javÄn
aá¹£á¹au nidhi-patiḥ koÅ›Än
loka-pÄlo nijodayÄn
Å›yÄma - dark blue; eka - exclusively; varṇÄn - colored; varuṇaḥ - Varuṇa, ruler of the oceans; hayÄn - horses; Å›uklÄn - white; manaḥ - (as the) mind; javÄn - swift; aá¹£á¹au - eight; nidhi-patiḥ - the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera; koÅ›Än - treasures; loka-pÄlaḥ - the rulers of various planets; nija - their own; udayÄn - opulences.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« comments as follows on this verse: “The master of the treasury is Kuvera, and the eight treasures are his nidhis. These are described as follows:
padmaÅ› caiva mahÄpadmo
matsya-kūrmau tathaudakaḥ
nīlo mukundaḥ śaṅkhaś ca
nidhayo ’ṣá¹au prakÄ«rtitÄḥ
‘The eight mystic treasures are called Padma, MahÄpadma, Matsya, KÅ«rma, Audaka, NÄ«la, Mukunda and Åšaá¹…kha.’â€