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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 3.86
tumi khete pāra daśa-viśa mānera anna
āmi tāhā kāńhā pāba daridra brāhmaṇa
SYNONYMS
tumi — You; khete — to eat; pāra — able; daśa-viśa — ten or twenty; mānera — of the measurement of a māna; anna — rice; āmi — I; tāhā — that; kāńhā — where; pāba — shall get; daridra — poverty-stricken; brāhmaṇa — brāhmaṇa.
TRANSLATION
Advaita Ācārya accused Nityānanda Prabhu, saying, "You can eat ten to twenty mānas of rice. I am a poor brāhmaṇa. How shall I get so much rice?
PURPORT
A māna is a measurement containing about four kilos.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness