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  "name":"SB 8.18.16",
  "h1":"SB 8.18.16",
  "label":"Text 16",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.18.16",
  "description":"O King, Lord Brahmā offered a waterpot to the inexhaustible Supreme Personality of Godhead, the seven sages offered Him kuśa grass, and mother Sarasvatī gave Him a string of Rudrākṣa beads."

} —

SB 8.18.16

Text

kamaṇḍaluṁ veda-garbhaḥ
kuśān saptarṣayo daduḥ
akṣa-mālāṁ mahārāja
sarasvaty avyayātmanaḥ

Synonyms

kamaṇḍalum—a waterpot; veda-garbhaḥ—Lord Brahmā; kuśān—kuśa grass; sapta-ṛṣayaḥ—the seven sages; daduḥ—offered; akṣa-mālām—a string of Rudrākṣa beads; mahārāja—O King; sarasvatī—the goddess Sarasvatī; avyaya-ātmanaḥ—to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Translation

O King, Lord Brahmā offered a waterpot to the inexhaustible Supreme Personality of Godhead, the seven sages offered Him kuśa grass, and mother Sarasvatī gave Him a string of Rudrākṣa beads.