ittham -- in this way; vyavasitah -- fixing his determination; buddhya -- with intelligence; bhaktah -- devoted; ativa -- absolutely; janardane -- to Lord Krishna, the shelter of all living beings; vishayan -- the objects of sense gratification; jayaya -- with his wife; tyakshyan -- wanting to renounce; bubhuje -- he enjoyed; na -- not; ati -- avaricious.

[Sukadeva Gosvami continued:] Thus firmly fixing his determination by means of his spiritual intelligence, Sudama remained absolutely devoted to Lord Krishna, the shelter of all living beings. Free from avarice, he enjoyed, together with his wife, the sense pleasures that had been bestowed upon him, always with the idea of eventually renouncing all sense gratification.