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CC Antya 8.87

Text

dui-paṇa kauḍi lāge prabhura nimantraṇe
kabhu dui-jana bhoktā, kabhu tina-jane

Synonyms

dui-paṇa kauḍi — two paṇas of kauḍis (160 small conchshells); lāge — costs; prabhura nimantraṇe — to invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kabhu — sometimes; dui-jana — two men; bhoktā — eating; kabhu — sometimes; tina-jane — three men.

Translation

The cost for the food needed to invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was fixed at two paṇas of kauḍis [160 conchshells], and that food would be taken by two men and sometimes three.