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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 86

tumi khete pāra daśa-viśa mānera anna
āmi tāhā kāṅhā 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; kāṅhā—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 forty kilos.

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