yacitva -- begging; caturah -- four; mushtin -- fistfuls; vipran -- from the (neighboring) brahmanas; prithuka-tandulan -- flat rice; caila -- of cloth; khandena -- with a ripped piece; tan -- them; baddhva -- tying up; bhartre -- to her husband; pradat -- she gave; upayanam -- gift.

Sudama's wife begged four handfuls of flat rice from neighboring brahmanas, tied up the rice in a torn piece of cloth and gave it to her husband as a present for Lord Krishna.