nunam bata -- certainly; etat -- of this same person; mama -- myself; durbhagasya -- who am unfortunate; sasvat -- always; daridrasya -- poverty-stricken; samriddhi -- of the prosperity; hetuh -- cause; maha-vibhuteh -- of Him who possesses the greatest opulences; avalokatah -- than the glance; anyah -- other; na -- not; eva -- indeed; upapadyeta -- is to be found; yadu-uttamasya -- of the best of the Yadus.

[Sudama thought:] I have always been poor. Certainly the only possible way that such an unfortunate person as myself could become suddenly rich is that Lord Krishna, the supremely opulent chief of the Yadu dynasty, has glanced upon Me.