CC MADHYA 3.86
tumi khete pāra daśa-viśa mānera anna
āmi tāhā kāṅhā pāba daridra brāhmaṇa
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 four kilos.