kabhu carvaṇa - sometimes chewing; kabhu randhana - sometimes cooking; kabhu dugdha-pāna - sometimes drinking milk; yabe - when; yei - whoever; mile - meets; tāhe - in that way; rākhe - keeps; nija prāṇa - his life.

Sometimes he chewed fried grains, sometimes he cooked, and sometimes he drank milk. In this way he kept his life and soul together with whatever was available wherever he went.