tumi khete pÄra daÅ›a-viÅ›a mÄnera anna
Ämi tÄhÄ kÄá¹…hÄ pÄba daridra brÄhmaṇa

 tumi - You; khete - to eat; pÄra - able; daÅ›a-viÅ›a - ten or twenty; mÄnera - of the measurement of a mÄna; anna - rice; Ämi - I; tÄhÄ - that; kÄá¹…hÄ - where; pÄba - shall get; daridra - poverty-stricken; brÄhmaṇa - brÄhmaṇa.


Text

Advaita Ä€cÄrya accused NityÄnanda Prabhu, saying, “You can eat ten to twenty mÄnas of rice. I am a poor brÄhmaṇa. How shall I get so much rice?

Purport

A mÄna is a measurement containing about forty kilos.