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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhva-lilā Ch 3]
PURPORT
A māna is a measurement containing about four kilos.
TEXT 87
যে পাঞ্জাছ মুষ্ট্যেকঞ্জন্ন, তাহা খাঞ্জা উঠ ।
পাগলামি না করিহ, না ছড়াইও ঋুঠ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
ye pāñācha muṣṭy-eka anna, tāhā khāñā uṭha pāgalāmi nā kariha, nā chaḍāio jhuṭha
SYNONYMS
ye  pāñācha —whatever You have;  muṣṭi-eka —one handful;  anna —rice;  tāhā —that;  khāñā —eating;  uṭha —please get up;  pāgalāmi —madness;  nā —do not;  kariha —do;  nā —do not;  chaḍāio —strew;  jhuṭha —remnants of foodstuff.
TRANSLATION
“Whatever You have, though it be a palmful of rice, please eat it and get up. Don’t show Your madness and strew the remnants of food here and there.”
TEXT 88
এই মত হাত্মরসে করেন ভোজন । অর্ধ-অর্ধ খাত্রগ প্রভু ছাড়েন ব্যঙ্কন ॥ ৮৮ ॥
ei mata hāsya-rase karena bhojana ardha-ardha khāñā prabhu chāḍena vyañjana
SYNONYMS
ei mata —in this way;  hāsya-rase —jokingly;  karena —does;  bhojana —eating;  ardha-ardha —half and half;  khāñā —after eating;  prabhu —the Lord;  chāḍena —gives up;  vyañjana —all the vegetables.
TRANSLATION
In this way, Nityānanda Prabhu and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate and talked with Advaita Ācārya jokingly. After eating half of each vegetable preparation given to Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu abandoned it and went on to the next.