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CC Madhya 11.200

Bengali

অল্প অন্ন নাহি আইসে দিতে প্রভুর হাতে ।
দুই-তিনের অন্ন দেন এক এক পাতে ॥ ২০০ ॥

Text

alpa anna nāhi āise dite prabhura hāte
dui-tinera anna dena eka eka pāte

Synonyms

alpa anna — a small quantity of prasādam; nāhi — does not; āise — come; dite — to give; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; hāte — in the hand; dui — two; tinera — or of three; anna — food; dena — He delivers; eka eka pāte — on each and every plantain leaf.

Translation

All the devotees were served prasādam on plantain leaves, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu distributed on each leaf a quantity suitable for two or three men to eat, for His hand could not distribute less than that.