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CC Madhya 3.51

Bengali

বত্তিশা-আঠিয়া কলার ডোঙ্গা বড় বড় ।
চলে হালে নাহি, — ডোঙ্গা অতি বড় দড় ॥ ৫১ ॥

Text

battiśā-āṭhiyā kalāra ḍoṅgā baḍa baḍa
cale hāle nāhi, — ḍoṅgā ati baḍa daḍa

Synonyms

battiśā-āṭhiyā — producing thirty-two bunches of bananas; kalāra — of the banana tree; ḍoṅgā — pots made of leaves; baḍa baḍa — big; cale hāle nāhi — they did not tilt or totter; ḍoṅgā — pots; ati — very; baḍa — big; daḍa — strong.

Translation

All the vegetables were served in pots made of banana leaves taken from trees producing at least thirty-two bunches of bananas. These pots were very strong and big and did not tilt or totter.