40 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 18
kamandalum veda-garbhah
kusan saptarsayo daduh
aksa-malarn maharaja
sarasvaty avyayétmanah
kamandalum—a waterpot; veda-garbhah—Lord Brahma; kusan—
kuSa grass; sapta-rsayah—the seven sages; daduh—offered; aksa-
maélam—a string of Rudraksa beads; maharaja—O King; sarasvati—the
goddess Sarasvati; avyaya-Gtmanah—to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
TRANSLATION
O King, Lord Brahma offered a waterpot to the inexhaustible
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the seven sages offered Him
kuSa grass, and mother Sarasvati gave Him a string of Rudraksa
beads.
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tasma ity upanitaya
yaksa-rat patrikam adat
bhiksam bhagavati saksad
umadad ambika sati
tasmai—unto Him (Lord Vamanadeva); iti—in this way;
upanitaéya—who had undergone His sacred thread ceremony; yaksa-
raét—Kuvera, the treasurer of heaven and King of the Yaksas;
patrikam—a pot for begging alms; adat—delivered; bhiksam—alms;
bhagavati—mother Bhavani, the wife of Lord Siva; sdksat—directly;
umaé—Uma; adat—gave; ambika—the mother of the universe; sati—
the chaste.
TRANSLATION
When Vamanadeva had thus been given the sacred thread,
Kuvera, King of the Yaksas, gave Him a pot for begging alms, and
