Devanagari
श्रीब्राह्मण उवाच
किमस्माभिरनिर्वृत्तं देवदेव जगद्गुरो ।
भवता सत्यकामेन येषां वासो गुरोरभूत् ॥ ४४ ॥
Verse text
śrī-brāhmaṇa uvāca
kim asmābhir anirvṛttaṁ
deva-deva jagad-guro
bhavatā satya-kāmena
yeṣāṁ vāso guror abhūt
Synonyms
śrī
—
brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca — the brāhmaṇa said
;
kim
—
what
;
asmābhiḥ
—
by us
;
anirvṛttam
—
not achieved
;
deva
—
deva — O Lord of lords
;
jagat
—
of the universe
;
guro
—
O spiritual master
;
bhavatā
—
with You
;
satya
—
fulfilled
;
kāmena
—
all whose desires
;
yeṣām
—
whose
;
vāsaḥ
—
residence
;
guroḥ
—
at the home of the spiritual master
;
abhūt
—
was .
Translation
The brāhmaṇa said: What could I possibly have failed to achieve, O Lord of lords, O universal teacher, since I was able to personally live with You, whose every desire is fulfilled, at the home of our spiritual master?
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The brāhmaṇa said: What could I possibly have failed to achieve, O Lord of lords, O universal teacher, since I was able to personally live with You, whose every desire is fulfilled, at the home of our spiritual master?
KB 10.80.44
On hearing this, the learned brāhmaṇa replied, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the Supreme Lord and the supreme spiritual master of everyone, and since I was fortunate enough to live with You in the house of our guru, I think I have nothing more to do in the matter of prescribed Vedic duties.
Purport
Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa wisely understands his extraordinary good fortune of having lived with Śrī Kṛṣṇa at the residence of their spiritual master. Thus whatever external difficulties they experienced were actually an expression of the Lord’s mercy, to teach the importance of service to the spiritual master.
Śrīla Prabhupāda renders the learned brāhmaṇa’s feelings as follows: “[Sudāmā said:] ‘My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the Supreme Lord and the supreme spiritual master of everyone, and since I was fortunate enough to live with You in the house of our
guru,
I think I have nothing more to do in the matter of prescribed Vedic duties.’”
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
What lack of bliss was there for us? It was completely blissful for us who lived in the gurukula with you, who act with your own desires (satyakamena). Your living in the gurukula was by your wish alone, the difficulties of wind and rain encountered while fetching wood, for teaching devotion to guru, was by your wish alone. Other than that, what power does the wind and rain have over you? The Vedas say "the wind blows out of fear of you." That we were with you there is the result of great fortune.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
In two verses Sudāmā answers in brief everything. What could not be achieved by us? Everything you asked and did not ask about me has been achieved since you are the lord of the devatās and the teacher of the universe and since all your desires are fulfilled (satya-kāmena).
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
By doing this we attained everything. O Lord worshipped by the devatās like Brahmā (devadeva)! It is suitable to reside with the guru because, just by his will, all desires are fulfilled or all desires of the devotee are manifested immediately (jagad-guro). That has happened.