### CC Antya 6.187

> কভু চর্বণ, কভু রন্ধন, কভু দুগ্ধপান ।\
> যবে যেই মিলে, তাহে রাখে নিজ প্রাণ ॥১৮৭॥

> kabhu carvaṇa, kabhu randhana, kabhu dugdha-pāna\
> yabe yei mile, tāhe rākhe nija prāṇa

*kabhu carvaṇa*—sometimes chewing; *kabhu randhana*—sometimes cooking; *kabhu dugdha-pāna*—sometimes drinking milk; *yabe*—when; *yei*—whoever; *mile*—meets; *tāhe*—in that way; *rākhe*—keeps; *nija prāṇa*—his life.

**Sometimes he chewed fried grains, sometimes he cooked, and sometimes he drank milk. In this way he kept his life and soul together with whatever was available wherever he went.**