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Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Verse 13 of 60
SB 6.14.13

न तस्य सम्पदः सर्वा महिष्यो वामलोचनाः सार्वभौमस्य भूश्चेयमभवन्प्रीतिहेतवः

na tasya sampadaḥ sarvā mahiṣyo vāma-locanāḥ sārvabhaumasya bhūś ceyam abhavan prīti-hetavaḥ

Synonyms

na—not; tasya—of him (Citraketu); sampadaḥ—the great opulences; sarvāḥ—all; mahiṣyaḥ—the queens; vāma-locanāḥ—having very attractive eyes; sārva-bhaumasya—of the emperor; bhūḥ—land; ca—also; iyam—this; abhavan—were; prīti-hetavaḥ—sources of pleasure..

Translation

His queens all had beautiful faces and attractive eyes, yet neither his opulences, his hundreds and thousands of queens, nor the lands of which he was the supreme proprietor were sources of happiness for him.

Verse 13 of 60