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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.50.55

శ్యామైకవర్ణాన్ వరుణో హయాన్ శుక్లాన్మనోజవాన్ । అష్టౌ నిధిపతి: కోశాన్ లోకపాలో నిజోదయాన్ ॥ ౫౫ ॥
śyāmaika-varṇān varuṇo
[shyaamaika-varnaan varuno]
hayān śuklān mano-javān
[hayaan shuklaan mano-javaan]
aṣṭau nidhi-patiḥ kośān
[ashtau nidhi-patih koshaan]
loka-pālo nijodayān
[loka-paalo nijodayaan]
śyāma — dark blue eka — exclusively varṇān — colored varuṇaḥ — Varuṇa, ruler of the oceans hayān — horses śuklān — white manaḥ — (as the) mind javān — swift aṣṭau — eight nidhi - patiḥ — the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera kośān — treasures loka - pālaḥ — the rulers of various planets nija — their own udayān — opulences .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śyāmaika-varṇān varuṇo
śyāma
dark blue
eka
exclusively
varṇān
colored
varuṇaḥ
Varuṇa, ruler of the oceans
hayān śuklān mano-javān
hayān
horses
śuklān
white
manaḥ
(as the) mind
javān
swift
aṣṭau nidhi-patiḥ kośān
aṣṭau
eight
nidhi - patiḥ
the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera
kośān
treasures
loka-pālo nijodayān
loka - pālaḥ
the rulers of various planets
nija
their own
udayān
opulences .
  • manaḥ-javān — swift as the mind
    Compound: manas (mind) + java (speed). The mind is the fastest of all things — Mahābhārata pravacanam. Horses that match the mind are transcendent vehicles. The pun is also Vaiṣṇava: Kṛṣṇa's horses run at the speed of remembrance.
  • nidhi-patiḥ — the lord of treasures (Kuvera)
    Compound: nidhi (treasure) + pati (lord). Kuvera, treasurer of the demigods, surrenders his eight nidhis. In Gauḍīya frame the eight siddhis themselves are presented to Kṛṣṇa, illustrating that all wealth — material and yogic — terminates in Him.
  • loka-pālaḥ — rulers of various planets/directions
    Compound: loka + pāla. The eight (or ten) dik-pālas — Indra, Agni, Yama, Nirṛti, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Kuvera, Īśāna — each yield their characteristic opulence. The dhāma collects what was distributed.
  • śyāma-eka-varṇān — exclusively dark-blue colored
    Compound. Varuṇa's horses are dark-blue, pure-colored — paired with the white set. The colors mirror Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma (dark and fair) — even the city's horses participate in the brothers' dual coloring.
Lord Varuṇa offered horses as swift as the mind, some of which were pure dark-blue, others white. The treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, gave his eight mystic treasures, and the rulers of various planets each presented their own opulences.

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments as follows on this verse: “The master of the treasury is Kuvera, and the eight treasures are his nidhis. These are described as follows: padmaś caiva mahāpadmo matsya-kūrmau tathaudakaḥ nīlo mukundaḥ śaṅkhaś ca nidhayo ’ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ ‘The eight mystic treasures are called Padma, Mahāpadma, Matsya, Kūrma, Audaka, Nīla, Mukunda and Śaṅkha.’”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Lord Varuṇa offered horses as swift as the mind, some of which were pure dark-blue, others white. The treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, gave his eight mystic treasures, and the rulers of various planets each presented their own opulences.
Commentary

Kuvera is the lord of treasure (nidhi patih). His treasures are padma nidhi, mahapadma nidhi, matsa nidhi, kurma nidhi, udaka nidhi, nila nidhi , mukunda nidhi and sankha nidhi. The masters of the directions gave their own particular wealth.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Loka-pālaḥ means other devatās.

Related values
Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Nyaya (Justice / Righteous Judgment)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Kritajnata (Gratitude)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)Satya (Truthfulness)Daya (Compassion / Mercy)Ahimsa (Non-violence / Compassion)Saurya (Heroism / Bravery)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)
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Jiva

Varuṇa contributes horses swift as mind — pure-blue and pure-white — and Kuvera gives his eight mystic treasures; every loka-pāla presents his own opulence. The demigods empty their treasuries into Kṛṣṇa's city, and the cosmos itself moves from a distributed throne to a concentrated one.

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