Text 16] Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation
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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, Brhaspati offered the sacred thread, and Kaśyapa Muni offered a straw belt.
TEXT 15
ददौ कृष्णाजिनं भूमिर्दण्डं सोमो वनस्पतिः । कौपीनाच्छादनं माता द्यौश्छत्रं जगतः पतेः ॥१५॥
dadau kṛṣṇājīnam bhūmir daṇḍam somo vanaspatiḥ kaupīnācchādanam mātā dyauś chatram jagataḥ pateḥ
dadau —gave, offered;  kṛṣṇa-ajīnam —the skin of a deer;  bhūmiḥ —mother earth;  daṇḍam —a  brahmacārī 's rod;  somaḥ —the moon-god;  vanaḥ-patiḥ —the king of the forest;  kaupīna —the underwear;  ācchādanam —covering the body;  mātā —His mother, Aditi;  dyauḥ —the heavenly kingdom;  chatram —an umbrella;  jagataḥ —of the whole universe;  pateḥ —of the master.
TRANSLATION
Mother earth gave Him a deerskin, and the demigod of the moon, who is the king of the forest, gave Him a brahma-daṇḍa [the rod of a brahmacārī]. His mother, Aditi, gave Him cloth for underwear, and the deity presiding over the heavenly kingdom offered Him an umbrella.
TEXT 16
कमण्डलं वेदगर्भः कुशान्सप्तर्षयो ददुः । अक्षमालां महाराज सरस्वत्यव्ययात्मनः ॥१६॥