abhojyānna vipra yadi karena nimantraṇa
prasāda-mūlya la-ite lāge kauḍi dui-paṇa

 abhojya-anna vipra - a brāhmaṇa at whose place an invitation cannot be accepted; yadi - if; karena nimantraṇa - he invites; prasāda-mūlya - the price of the prasādam; la-ite - to bear; lāge - costs; kauḍi dui-paṇa - two paṇas of kauḍis.


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When a brāhmaṇa at whose home an invitation could not be accepted invited the Lord, he would pay two paṇas of conchshells to purchase the prasādam.

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