Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.81.38
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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vyavasitaḥ buddhyā
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fixing his determination with intelligence
Past participle of vi + ava + √sā (to determine, resolve) + instrumental of buddhi. The verse marks Sudāmā's stable resolve. His enjoyment of wealth is not drift but conscious choice — buddhi-yukta enjoyment, the Gītā's ideal.
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atīva
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absolutely devoted
atīva (extremely) + bhakta. The Bhāgavatam stamps Sudāmā's category once and for all: even with wealth, atīva-bhakta. Gauḍīyas read this as the test passed — wealth did not change the rank.
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janārdane
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to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the shelter of all living beings
Locative of Janārdana — one who is petitioned by people (jana) for protection. A name for Kṛṣṇa as universal refuge. The verse names Him by the title most relevant to a bhakta enjoying His gift while staying devoted to Him.
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na ati-lampaṭaḥ
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not very avaricious
na (not) + ati (very) + lampaṭa (greedy, lustful). The bhakta's relationship to wealth is properly limited. Gauḍīya yukta-vairāgya: enjoy what comes, do not chase what does not come, do not become it.
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viṣayān
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he enjoyed sense objects with the idea of renouncing them
viṣaya (sense object) + tyakṣyan (future participle of √tyaj, intending to abandon) + bubhuje (perfect of √bhuj, enjoyed). The exact Gauḍīya posture: nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate (Rūpa Gosvāmī). Enjoy in connection to Kṛṣṇa, with renunciation as the orientation.
By careful consideration (buddhyā he was fixed in determination) to Kṛṣṇa, who was most affectionate to the devotees, who asked (ardana) his devotee (jana) “What have you brought me?” The devotee with intense (atīva) love of the Lord, one having prema, enjoyed while giving up sense objects in order to please his wife. Doing otherwise would be a fault in dharma. He enjoyed while being unattached to those objects (nāti-lampataḥ).
- Could I hold pleasures lightly, with intention of eventual renunciation?
- How does that intention transform how I enjoy?
A house that has received an unexpected harvest and a tenant who eats his fill but already keeps one hand toward the door — Sudāmā enjoys what was given, but lives with renunciation packed at the threshold. Bhakti uses what is given; it does not become what it uses.
My note
Source: vedabase.io