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CC Madhya 1.185



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 185

dui guccha tṛṇa duṅhe daśane dhariñā
gale vastra bāndhi’ paḍe daṇḍavat hañā


SYNONYMS

dui — two; guccha — bunches; tṛṇa — of straw; duṅhe — both of them; daśane — in the teeth; dhariñā — catching; gale — on the neck; vastra — cloth; bāndhi’ — binding; paḍe — fall; daṇḍavat — like rods; hañā — becoming.


TRANSLATION

In great humility, both brothers took bunches of straw between their teeth and, each binding a cloth around his neck, fell down like rods before the Lord.