2016-04-19 SB 10-80-14-17 - Vedic standards of Marriage Life (Download mp3) by Jayadvaita Swami Maharaj at ISKCON Chowpatty www.iskcondesiretree.com SB 10.80.14yacitva caturo mustin vipran prthuka-tandulancaila-khandena tan baddhva bhartre pradad upayanamTranslation: Sudama’s wife begged four handfuls of flat rice from neighboring brahmanas, tied up the rice in a torn piece of cloth and gave it to her husband as a present for Lord Krsna.SB 10.80.15sa tan adaya vipragryah prayayau dvarakam kilakrsna-sandarsanam mahyam katham syad iti cintayanTranslation: Taking the flat rice, the saintly brahmana set off for Dvaraka, all the while wondering “How will I be able to have Krsna’s audience?”Purport: Among other things, Sudama assumed that the gatekeepers would stop him.SB 10.80.16-17trini gulmany atiyaya tisrah kaksas ca sa-dvijahvipro ’gamyandhaka-vrsninam grhesv acyuta-dharminamgrham dvy-asta-sahasranam mahisinam harer dvijahvivesaikatamam srimad brahmanandam gato yathaTranslation: The learned brahmana, joined by some local brahmanas, passed three guard stations and went through three gateways, and then he walked by the homes of Lord Krsna’s faithful devotees, the Andhakas and Vrsnis, which ordinarily no one could do. He then entered one of the opulent palaces belonging to Lord Hari’s sixteen thousand queens, and when he did so he felt as if he were attaining the bliss of liberation.Purport: When the saintly brahmana entered the precincts of Lord Krsna’s palaces and then actually entered one of the palaces, he completely forgot everything else, and thus his state of mind is compared to that of one who has just achieved the bliss of spiritual liberation. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes from the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda, wherein we learn that the brahmana actually entered the palace of Rukmini: sa tu rukminy-antah-pura-dvari ksanam tusnim sthitah. “He stood for a moment in silence at the doorway of Queen Rukmini’s palace.”