kvāhaḿ daridraḥ pāpīyān
kva kṛṣṇaḥ śrī-niketanaḥ
brahma-bandhur iti smāhaḿ
bāhubhyāḿ parirambhitaḥ
kva -- who am; aham -- I; daridrah -- poor; papiyan -- sinful; kva -- who is; krishnah -- Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sri-niketanah -- the transcendental form of all opulence; brahma-bandhuh -- the friend of a brahmana, not fit even to be called a brahmana; iti -- thus; sma -- certainly; aham -- I; bahubhyam -- by the arms; parirambhitah -- embraced.
Who am I? A sinful, poor friend of a brahmana. And who is Krishna? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences. Nonetheless, He has embraced me with His two arms.
This translation is from Srila Prabhupada's English rendering of Caitanya-caritamrita (Madhya 7.143).
Sudama was so humble that he considered his poverty to be his own fault, a result of sin. Such a mentality is in accord with the saying, daridrya-dosho guna-rasi-nasi: "The discrepancy of being poor ruins heaps of good qualities."
