CC Antya 6.254

Antya-līlā, Chapter 6, Text 254

পরম বৈরাগ্য তার, নাহি ভক্ষ্য-পরিধান ।
যৈছে তৈছে আহার করি’ রাখয়ে পরাণ ॥ ২৫৪ ॥

parama vairāgya tāra, nāhi bhakṣya-paridhāna
yaiche taiche āhāra kari’ rākhaye parāṇa

Word by word

parama — supreme; vairāgya — renunciation; tāra — his; nāhi — not; bhakṣya — eating; paridhāna — dressing; yaiche taiche — somehow or other; āhāra kari’ — eating; rākhaye parāṇa — keeps life.

Translation

“He is in the supreme order of renounced life. Indeed, he does not care about eating or dressing. Somehow or other he eats and maintains his life.”