ŚB 10.81.8
Canto 10, Chapter 81, Text 8
इत्थं विचिन्त्य वसनाच्चीरबद्धान्द्विजन्मन: ।
स्वयं जहार किमिदमिति पृथुकतण्डुलान् ॥ ८ ॥
स्वयं जहार किमिदमिति पृथुकतण्डुलान् ॥ ८ ॥
itthaṁ vicintya vasanāc
cīra-baddhān dvi-janmanaḥ
svayaṁ jahāra kim idam
iti pṛthuka-taṇḍulān
cīra-baddhān dvi-janmanaḥ
svayaṁ jahāra kim idam
iti pṛthuka-taṇḍulān
Word by word
ittham — in this manner; vicintya — thinking; vasanāt — from the garment; cīra — in a strip of cloth; baddhān — tied up; dvi-janmanaḥ — of the twice-born brāhmaṇa; svayam — Himself; jahāra — He took hold of; kim — what; idam — this; iti — so saying; pṛthuka-taṇḍulān — the grains of flat rice.
Translation
Thinking like this, the Lord snatched from the brāhmaṇa’s garment the grains of flat rice tied up in an old piece of cloth and exclaimed, “What is this?”