SB 8.18.14

SB 8.18.14

Devanagari

तस्योपनीयमानस्य सावित्रीं सविताब्रवीत् ।
बृहस्पतिर्ब्रह्मसूत्रं मेखलां कश्यपोऽददात् ॥ १४ ॥

Verse text

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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