SB 10.80.14

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā

SB 10.80.13

SB 10.80.15

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 14

yācitvā caturo muṣṭīn
viprān pṛthuka-taṇḍulān
caila-khaṇḍena tān baddhvā
bhartre prādād upāyanam

SYNONYMS

yācitvā—begging; caturaḥ—four; muṣṭīn—fistfuls; viprān—from the (neighboring) brāhmaṇas; pṛthuka-taṇḍulān—flat rice; caila—of cloth; khaṇḍena-with a ripped piece; tān—them; baddhvā—tying up; bhartre-to her husband; prādāt—she gave; upāyanam—gift.

TRANSLATION

Sudāmā's wife begged four handfuls of flat rice from neighboring brāhmaṇas, tied up the rice in a torn piece of cloth and gave it to her husband as a present for Lord Kṛṣṇa.