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ŚB 10.81.8

Devanagari

इत्थं विचिन्त्य वसनाच्चीरबद्धान्द्विजन्मन: ।
स्वयं जहार किमिदमिति पृथुकतण्डुलान् ॥ ८ ॥

Text

itthaṁ vicintya vasanāc
cīra-baddhān dvi-janmanaḥ
svayaṁ jahāra kim idam
iti pṛthuka-taṇḍulān

Synonyms

ittham — in this manner; vicintya — thinking; vasanāt — from the garment; cīra — in a strip of cloth; baddhān — tied up; dvi-janmanaḥ — of the twice-born brāhmaṇa; svayam — Himself; jahāra — He took hold of; kim — what; idam — this; iti — so saying; pṛthuka-taṇḍulān — the grains of flat rice.

Translation

Thinking like this, the Lord snatched from the brāhmaṇa’s garment the grains of flat rice tied up in an old piece of cloth and exclaimed, “What is this?