Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.80.7

yadṛcchayopapannena

vartamāno gṛhāśramī

tasya bhāryā ku-cailasya

kṣut-kṣāmā ca tathā-vidhā

SYNONYMS

yadṛcchayā — of its own accord; upapannena — by what was obtained; vartamānaḥ — existing; gṛha-āśramī — in the household order of life; tasya — of him; bhāryā — the wife; ku-cailasya — who was poorly dressed; kṣut — from hunger; kṣāmā — emaciated; ca — and; tathā-vidhā — similarly.

TRANSLATION

Living as a householder, he maintained himself with whatever came of its own accord. The wife of that poorly dressed brāhmaṇa suffered along with him and was emaciated from hunger.

PURPORT

Sudāmā's chaste wife was also poorly dressed, and whatever food she obtained she gave to her husband. Thus she remained fatigued from hunger.

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