CC Antya 6.219

Antya-līlā, Chapter 6, Text 219

কেহ ছত্রে মাগি’ খায়, যেবা কিছু পায় ।
কেহ রাত্রে ভিক্ষা লাগি’ সিংহদ্বারে রয় ॥ ২১৯ ॥

keha chatre māgi’ khāya, yebā kichu pāya
keha rātre bhikṣā lāgi’ siṁha-dvāre raya

Word by word

keha — some; chatre — at the almshouse; māgi’ — begging; khāya — eat; yeba — whatever; kichu — little; pāya — they receive; keha — some; rātre — at night; bhikṣā lāgi’ — for begging alms; siṁha-dvāre raya — stand at the gate known as Siṁha-dvāra.

Translation

It is a custom for some Vaiṣṇavas to beg from the charity booths and eat whatever they obtain, whereas others stand at night at the Siṁha-dvāra gate, begging alms from the servants.