iti -- thus; tat -- this; cintayan -- thinking; antah -- inwardly; praptah -- arrived; nija -- his; griha -- of the home; antikam -- at the vicinity; surya -- the sun; anala -- fire; indu -- and the moon; sankasaih -- rivaling; vimanaih -- with celestial palaces; sarvatah -- on all sides; vritam -- surrounded; vicitra -- wonderful; upavana -- with courtyards; udyanaih -- and gardens; kujat -- cooing; dvija -- of birds; kula -- with hordes; akulaih -- swarming; protphulla -- fully bloomed; kumuda -- having night-blooming lotuses; ambhoja -- day-blooming lotuses; kahlara -- white lotuses; utpala -- and water lilies; varibhih -- with reservoirs of water; jushtam -- adorned; su -- well; alankritaih -- ornamented; pumbhih -- with men; stribhih -- with women; ca -- and; harina -- like those of she-deer; akshibhih -- whose eyes; kim -- what; idam -- this; kasya -- whose; va -- or; sthanam -- place; katham -- how; tat -- it; idam -- this; iti -- so; abhut -- has become.

[Sukadeva Gosvami continued:] Thinking thus to himself, Sudama finally came to the place where his home stood. But that place was now crowded on all sides with towering, celestial palaces rivaling the combined brilliance of the sun, fire and the moon. There were splendorous courtyards and gardens, each filled with flocks of cooing birds and beautified by ponds in which kumuda, ambhoja, kahlara and utpala lotuses grew. Finely attired men and doe-eyed women stood in attendance. Sudama wondered, "What is all this? Whose property is it? How has this all come about?"