abhojyānna vipra yadi karena nimantraṇa
prasāda-mūlya la-ite lāge kauḍi dui-paṇa
prasāda-mūlya la-ite lāge kauḍi dui-paṇa
Synonyms
abhojya-anna vipra-a brāhmaṇa at whose place an invitation cannot be accepted; yadi-if; karena nimantraṇa-he invites; prasāda-mūlya-the price of the prasāda; la-ite-to bear; lāge-costs; kauḍi dui-paṇa-two paṇas of kauḍis.
Translation
When a brāhmaṇa at whose home an invitation could not be accepted invited the Lord, he would pay two paṇas of conchshells to purchase the prasāda.