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CC Antya 8.87 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 87

dui-paṇa kauḍi lāge prabhura nimantraṇe
kabhu dui-jana bhoktā, kabhu tina-jane


SYNONYMS

dui-paṇa kauḍi—two paṇas of kauḍis (160 small conchshells); lāge—costs; prabhura nimantraṇe—to invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kabhu—sometimes; dui-jana—two men; bhoktā—eating; kabhu—sometimes; tina-jane—three men.


TRANSLATION

The cost for the food needed to invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was fixed at two paṇas of kauḍis [160 conchshells], and that food would be taken by two men and sometimes three.