Antya 2.103

TEXT 103

TEXT

'মোর নামে শিখি-মাহিতির ভগিনী-স্থানে গিয়া ।
শুক্লচাউল এক মান আনহ মাগিয়া ।।" ১০৩ ॥ ১০৩ ॥

'mora name sikhi-mahitira bhagini-sthane giya

sukla-caula eka mana anaha magiya'

SYNONYMS

mora name-in my name; sikhi-mahitira-of Sikhi Mahiti; bhagini-sthane-at the place of the sister; giya-going; sukla-caula-white rice; eka mana-the measurement of one mana; anaha-please bring; magiya-requesting.

TRANSLATION

"Please go to the sister of Sikhi Mahiti. In my name, ask her for a mana of white rice and bring it here."

PURPORT

In India sukla-caula (white rice) is also called atapa-caula, or rice that has not been boiled before being threshed. Another kind of rice, called siddha-caula (brown rice), is boiled before being threshed. Generally, first-class fine white rice is required for offerings to the Deity. Thus Bhagavan Acarya asked Chota Haridasa, or Junior Haridasa, a singer in the assembly of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to get some of this rice from the sister of Sikhi Mahiti. A mana is a standard of measurement in Orissa for rice and other food grains.

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