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CC Madhya 3.43

Bengali

বত্তিশা-আঠিয়া-কলার আঙ্গটিয়া পাতে ।
দুই ঠাঞি ভোগ বাড়াইল ভাল মতে ॥ ৪৩ ॥

Text

battiśā-āṭhiyā-kalāra āṅgaṭiyā pāte
dui ṭhāñi bhoga bāḍāila bhāla mate

Synonyms

battiśā-āṭhiyā — producing thirty-two bunches; kalāra — of a banana tree; āṅgaṭiyā — undivided; pāte — on leaves; dui ṭhāñi — in two places; bhoga — the eatables; bāḍāila — arranged; bhāla mate — very nicely.

Translation

Of the three divisions, one was arranged on a metal plate, and the other two were arranged on plantain leaves. These leaves were not bifurcated, and they were taken from a banana tree that held at least thirty-two bunches of bananas. The two plates were filled very nicely with the kinds of food described below.