याचित्वा चतुरो मुष्टीन् विप्रान् पृथुकतण्डुलान् । चैलखण्डेन तान् बद्ध्वा भर्त्रे प्रादादुपायनम् ॥ १४ ॥
yācitvā caturo muṣṭīn viprān pṛthuka-taṇḍulān caila-khaṇḍena tān baddhvā bhartre prādād upāyanam
- yācitvā
- begging
- caturaḥ
- four
- muṣṭīn
- fistfuls
- viprān
- from the (neighboring) brāhmaṇas
- pṛthuka-taṇḍulān
- flat rice
- caila
- of cloth
- khaṇḍena
- with a ripped piece
- tān
- them
- baddhvā
- tying up
- bhartre
- to her husband
- prādāt
- she gave
- upāyanam
- gift
Sudāmā’s wife begged four handfuls of flat rice from neighboring brāhmaṇas, tied up the rice in a torn piece of cloth and gave it to her husband as a present for Lord Kṛṣṇa.