bhitarera - within; dṛḍha - the harder portion; yei - which; māji - the core; bhāta - rice; pāya - he gets; lavaṇa diyā - with a little salt; raghunātha - Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; sei anna - that rice; khāya - eats.

Then he ate the hard inner portion of the rice with salt.