ittham -- in this manner; vicintya -- thinking; vasanat -- from the garment; cira -- in a strip of cloth; baddhan -- tied up; dvi-janmanah -- of the twice-born brahmana; svayam -- Himself; jahara -- He took hold of; kim -- what; idam -- this; iti -- so saying; prithuka-tandulan -- the grains of flat rice.

Thinking like this, the Lord snatched from the brahmana's garment the grains of flat rice tied up in an old piece of cloth and exclaimed, "What is this?