adhano 'yaá¹ dhanaá¹ prÄpya
mÄdyann uccair na mÄá¹ smaret
iti kÄruṇiko nÅ«naá¹
dhanaá¹ me 'bhÅ«ri nÄdadÄt
adhanaḥ - poor person; ayam - this; dhanam - riches; prÄpya - obtaining; mÄdyan - delighting; uccaiḥ - excessively; na - not; mÄm - Me; smaret - will remember; iti - thus thinking; kÄruṇikaḥ - compassionate; nÅ«nam - indeed; dhanam - wealth; me - to me; abhÅ«ri - slight; na ÄdadÄt - He did not give.
Thinking “If this poor wretch suddenly becomes rich, he will forget Me in his intoxicating happiness,†the compassionate Lord did not grant me even a little wealth.
SudÄmÄ’s statement that Lord Kṛṣṇa bestowed on him “not even a little wealth†may also be taken to mean that instead of giving him wealth that was abhuri, “slight,†the Lord in fact gave him the immense treasure of His association. This alternate meaning has been suggested by ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ«.
