Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Antya 8.57-58

sei-dina eka-vipra kaila nimantrana

eka-cauthi bhāta, pāńca-gandāra vyañjana

ei-mātra govinda kaila ańgīkāra

māthāya ghā māre vipra, kare hāhākāra

SYNONYMS

sei-dina — that day; eka-vipra — one brāhmana; kaila nimantrana — invited; eka-cauthi bhāta — one-fourth of a pot of rice; pāńca-gandāra vyañjana — vegetables worth only five gandās; ei-mātra — only this; govinda — the servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kaila ańgīkāra — accepted; māthāya — his head; ghā māre — struck; vipra — the brāhmana; kare hāhā-kāra — began to say, "alas, alas."

TRANSLATION

That day, a brāhmana extended an invitation to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When Govinda accepted only five gandās' worth of vegetables and a fourth of a pot of rice, the brāhmana, in great despair, struck his head with his hand and cried, "Alas! Alas!"

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