sa tān ādāya viprāgryaḥ
prayayau dvārakāṁ kila
kṛṣṇa-sandarśanaṁ mahyaṁ
kathaṁ syād iti cintayan

 saḥ - he; tān - them; ādāya - taking; vipra-agryaḥ - the best of brāhmaṇas; prayayau - went; dvārakām - to Dvārakā; kila - indeed; kṛṣṇa-sandarśanam - the audience of Lord Kṛṣṇa; mahyam - for me; katham - how; syāt - will it happen; iti - thus; cintayan - thinking.


Text

Taking the flat rice, the saintly brāhmaṇa set off for Dvārakā, all the while wondering “How will I be able to have Kṛṣṇa’s audience?”

Purport

Among other things, Sudāmā assumed that the gatekeepers would stop him.