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CC Madhya 1.185

Bengali

দুই গুচ্ছ তৃণ দুঁহে দশনে ধরিঞা ।
গলে বস্ত্র বান্ধি’ পড়ে দণ্ডবৎ হঞা ॥ ১৮৫ ॥

Text

dui guccha tṛṇa duṅhe daśane dhariñā
gale vastra bāndhi’ paḍe daṇḍavat hañā

Synonyms

dui — two; guccha — bunches; tṛṇa — of straw; duṅhe — both of them; daśane — in the teeth; dhariñā — catching; gale — on the neck; vastra — cloth; bāndhi’ — binding; paḍe — fall; daṇḍavat — like rods; hañā — becoming.

Translation

In great humility, both brothers took bunches of straw between their teeth and, each binding a cloth around his neck, fell down like rods before the Lord.