Madhya 3.86

TEXT 86

TEXT

তুমি খেতে পার দশ-বিশ মানের অন্ন ।
আমি তাহা কাঁহা পাব দরিদ্র ব্রাহ্মণ ॥ ৮৬ ॥

tumi khete para dasa-visa manera anna

ami taha kaṅha paba daridra brahmana

SYNONYMS

tumi-You; khete-to eat; para-able; dasa-visa-ten or twenty; manera-of the measurement of a mana; anna-rice; ami-I; taha-that; kaṅha-where; paba-shall get; daridra-poverty-stricken; brahmana-brahmana.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya accused Nityananda Prabhu, saying, "You can eat ten to twenty manas of rice. I am a poor brahmana. How shall I get so much rice?

PURPORT

A mana is a measurement containing about four kilos.

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