SB 8.18.14

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 18: Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation

SB 8.18.13 - SB 8.18.15

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 14

tasyopanīyamānasya

sāvitrīṁ savitābravīt

bṛhaspatir brahma-sūtraṁ

mekhalāṁ kaśyapo 'dadāt

SYNONYMS

tasya — of Lord Vāmanadeva; upanīyamānasya — at the time of His being offered the sacred thread ceremony; sāvitrīm — the Gāyatrī mantra; savitā — the sun-god; abravīt — chanted; bṛhaspatiḥ — Bṛhaspati, the guru of the demigods; brahma-sūtram — the sacred thread; mekhalām — the belt of straw; kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa Muni; adadāt — offered.

TRANSLATION

At the sacred thread ceremony of Vāmanadeva, the sun-god personally uttered the Gāyatrī mantra, Bṛhaspati offered the sacred thread, and Kaśyapa Muni offered a straw belt.

SB 8.18.13 - SB 8.18.15