8.57-58
sei-dina eka-vipra kaila nimantrana
eka-cauthi bhata, panca-gandara vyanjana
ei-matra govinda kaila angikara
mathaya gha mare vipra, kare hahakara
SYNONYMS
sei-dina-that day; eka-vipra-one brahmana; kaila nimantrana-invited; eka-cauthi bhata-one-fourth of a pot of rice; panca-gandara vyanjana-vegetables worth only five gandas; ei-matra-only this; govinda-the servant of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila angikara-accepted; mathaya-his head; gha mare-struck; vipra-the brahmana; kare haha-kara-began to say, “alas, alas.”
That day, a brahmana extended an invitation to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
When Govinda accepted only five gandas worth of vegetables and a fourth of a pot of rice, the brahmana, in great despair, struck his head with his hand and cried, “Alas! Alas!”