SB 4.9.61 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.9.61

पय:फेननिभा: शय्या दान्ता रुक्‍मपरिच्छदा: आसनानि महार्हाणि यत्र रौक्‍मा उपस्करा: ॥ ६१ ॥

payaḥ-phena-nibhāḥ śayyā

[payah-phena-nibhaah shayyaa]

dāntā rukma-paricchadāḥ

[daantaa rukma-parichchadaah]

āsanāni mahārhāṇi

[aasanaani mahaarhaani]

yatra raukmā upaskarāḥ

[yatra raukmaa upaskaraah]

Word-for-word

payaḥ — milk phena — foam nibhāḥ — like śayyāḥ — bedding dāntāḥ — made of ivory rukma — golden paricchadāḥ — with embellishments āsanāni — sitting places mahā-arhāṇi — very valuable yatra — where raukmāḥ — golden upaskarāḥ — furniture.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

payaḥ-phena-nibhāḥ śayyā

payaḥ

milk

phena

foam

nibhāḥ

śayyāḥ

bedding

dāntā rukma-paricchadāḥ

dāntāḥ

made of ivory

rukma

golden

paricchadāḥ

with embellishments

āsanāni mahārhāṇi

āsanāni

sitting places

mahā-arhāṇi

very valuable

yatra raukmā upaskarāḥ

yatra

where

raukmāḥ

golden

upaskarāḥ

furniture.

The bedding in the palace was as white as the foam of milk and was very soft. The bedsteads were made of ivory with embellishments of gold, and the chairs, benches and other sitting places and furniture were made of gold.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

In that house there were ivory beds, white like the foam of milk, covered with gold, as well as valuable chairs and golden furniture.

Personal Guidance

Bedding white as milk foam, ivory bedsteads with gold, gilt furniture — material opulence flows to the devotee without his asking. When you stop hankering for material things, they often arrive in abundance precisely because they no longer threaten you.

Reflection Questions

Where is my insistence on getting something actually blocking its arrival?
What would I lose if I let material opulence be a side-effect rather than a goal?

📝 My note

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