CC Antya 2.103
Bengali
‘মোর নামে শিখি-মাহিতির ভগিনী-স্থানে গিয়া ।
শুক্লচাউল এক মান আনহ মাগিয়া ।।” ১০৩ ॥ ১০৩ ॥
শুক্লচাউল এক মান আনহ মাগিয়া ।।” ১০৩ ॥ ১০৩ ॥
Verse text
‘mora nāme śikhi-māhitira bhaginī-sthāne giyā
śukla-cāula eka māna ānaha māgiyā’
śukla-cāula eka māna ānaha māgiyā’
Synonyms
Translation
“Please go to the sister of Śikhi Māhiti. In my name, ask her for a māna of white rice and bring it here.”
Purport
In India śukla-cāula (white rice) is also called ātapa-cāula, or rice that has not been boiled before being husked. Another kind of rice, called siddha-cāula (brown rice), is boiled before being husked. Generally, first-class fine white rice is required for offerings to the Deity. Thus Bhagavān Ācārya asked Choṭa Haridāsa, or Junior Haridāsa, a singer in the assembly of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to get some of this rice from the sister of Śikhi Māhiti. A māna is a standard of measurement in Orissa for rice and other food grains.