Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 81: The Lord Blesses Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.81.8

itthaḿ vicintya vasanāc

cīra-baddhān dvi-janmanaḥ

svayaḿ jahāra kim idam

iti pṛthuka-taṇḍulān

SYNONYMS

itthamin this manner; vicintya — thinking; vasanāt — from the garment; cīrain a strip of cloth; baddhān — tied up; dvi-janmanaḥ — of the twice-born brāhmaṇa; svayam — Himself; jahāraHe took hold of; kim — what; idam — this; itiso saying; pṛthuka-taṇḍulān — the grains of flat rice.

TRANSLATION

Thinking like this, the Lord snatched from the brāhmaṇa's garment the grains of flat rice tied up in an old piece of cloth and exclaimed, "What is this?

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