Madhya-līlāChapter 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 3.86

tumi khete pāra daśa-viśa mānera anna

āmi tāhā kāńhā pāba daridra brāhmaṇa

SYNONYMS

tumi — You; kheteto eat; pāra — able; daśa-viśa — ten or twenty; mānera — of the measurement of a māna; anna — rice; āmiI; tāhā — that; kāńhā — where; pāba — shall get; daridra — poverty-stricken; brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇa.

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.

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