patim Ägatam Äkarṇya
patny uddhará¹£Äti-sambhramÄ
niÅ›cakrÄma gá¹›hÄt tÅ«rṇaá¹
rÅ«piṇī Å›rÄ«r ivÄlayÄt
patim - her husband; Ägatam - come; Äkarṇya - hearing; patnÄ« - his wife; uddhará¹£Ä - jubilant; ati - extremely; sambhramÄ - excited; niÅ›cakrÄma - she came out; gá¹›hÄt - from the house; tÅ«rṇam - quickly; rÅ«piṇī - manifesting her personal form; Å›rīḥ - the goddess of fortune; iva - as if; ÄlayÄt - from her abode.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« points out that since Lord Kṛṣṇa had turned SudÄmÄ’s home into a heavenly abode, everyone living there now possessed beautiful bodies and attire appropriate to the residents of heaven. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« adds this insight: The night before, SudÄmÄ’s poor, emaciated wife had been sleeping in rags under a crumbling roof, but when she woke in the morning she found herself and her house wonderfully changed. Only for a moment was she confused; she then realized that this opulence was the Lord’s gift to her husband, who must be on his way home. Thus she prepared to greet him.