patnīḿ vīkṣya visphurantīḿ
devīḿ vaimānikīm iva
dāsīnāḿ niṣka-kaṇṭhīnāḿ
madhye bhāntīḿ sa vismitaḥ
patnim -- his wife; vikshya -- seeing; visphurantim -- appearing effulgent; devim -- a demigoddess; vaimanikim -- come in a heavenly airplane; iva -- as if; dasinam -- of maidservants; nishka -- lockets; kanthinam -- on whose necks; madhye -- in the midst; bhantim -- shining; sah -- he; vismitah -- amazed.
Sudama was amazed to see his wife. Shining forth in the midst of maidservants adorned with jeweled lockets, she looked as effulgent as a demigoddess in her celestial airplane.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti explains that up to now the Supreme Lord had kept the brahmana in his wretched state so that his wife could recognize him.
