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ei-mata yata vaisnava vaise gauda-dese

kalidasa aiche sabara nila avasese

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; yata—as many as; vaisnava—Vaisnavas; vaise—reside; gauda-dese—in Bengal; kalidasa—Kalidasa; aiche—in that way; sabara—of all of them; nila—took; avasese—the remnants.

In this way Kalidasa ate the remnants of food left by all the Vaisnavas residing in Bengal.