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Chapter 18: Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation

Verse 17 of 30
SB 8.18.17

तस्मा इत्युपनीताय यक्षराट्पात्रिकामदात् भिक्षां भगवती साक्षादुमादादम्बिका सती

tasmā ity upanītāya yakṣa-rāṭ pātrikām adāt bhikṣāṁ bhagavatī sākṣād umādād ambikā satī

Synonyms

tasmaiunto Him (Lord Vāmanadeva); itiin this way; upanītāyawho had undergone His sacred thread ceremony; yakṣa-rāṭKuvera, the treasurer of heaven and King of the Yakṣas; pātrikāma pot for begging alms; adātdelivered; bhikṣāmalms; bhagavatīmother Bhavānī, the wife of Lord Śiva; sākṣātdirectly; umāUmā; adātgave; ambikāthe mother of the universe; satīthe chaste..

Translation

When Vāmanadeva had thus been given the sacred thread, Kuvera, King of the Yakṣas, gave Him a pot for begging alms, and mother Bhagavatī, the wife of Lord Śiva and most chaste mother of the entire universe, gave Him His first alms.

Verse 17 of 30
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