Devanagari
ददौ कृष्णाजिनं भूमिर्दण्डं सोमो वनस्पति: ।
कौपीनाच्छादनं माता द्यौश्छत्रं जगत: पते: ॥ १५ ॥
Verse text
dadau kṛṣṇājinaṁ bhūmir
daṇḍaṁ somo vanaspatiḥ
kaupīnācchādanaṁ mātā
dyauś chatraṁ jagataḥ pateḥ
Synonyms
dadau
—
gave, offered
;
kṛṣṇa-ajinam
—
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Mother earth gave him a deerskin, and the devatā of the moon, who is the king of the forest, gave him a staff. His mother, Aditi, gave him cloth for underwear, and Svarga offered the lord of the universe an umbrella.