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CC Madhya 24.267

Bengali

একদিন অন্ন আনে দশ-বিশ জনে ।
দিনে তত লয়, যত খায় দুই জনে ॥ ২৬৭ ॥

Text

eka-dina anna āne daśa-biśa jane
dine tata laya, yata khāya dui jane

Synonyms

eka-dina — in one day; anna — food; āne — brought; daśa-biśa jane — enough for ten to twenty men; dine — in a day; tata laya — would accept only as much; yata — as; khāya dui jane — the two of them required to eat.

Translation

“In one day enough food was brought for ten or twenty people, but the hunter and his wife would accept only as much as they could eat.