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"name":"SB 8.18.17", "h1":"SB 8.18.17", "label":"Text 17", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.18.17", "description":"When Vāmanadeva had thus been given the sacred thread, Kuvera, King of the Yakṣas, gave Him a pot for begging alms, and mother Bhagavatī, the wife of Lord Śiva and most chaste mother of the entire universe, gave Him His first alms."
} —
SB 8.18.17
Text
tasmā ity upanītāya
yakṣa-rāṭ pātrikām adāt
bhikṣāṁ bhagavatī sākṣād
umādād ambikā satī
Synonyms
tasmai—unto Him (Lord Vāmanadeva); iti—in this way; upanītāya—who had undergone His sacred thread ceremony; yakṣa-rāṭ—Kuvera, the treasurer of heaven and King of the Yakṣas; pātrikām—a pot for begging alms; adāt—delivered; bhikṣām—alms; bhagavatī—mother Bhavānī, the wife of Lord Śiva; sākṣāt—directly; umā—Umā; adāt—gave; ambikā—the mother of the universe; satī—the chaste.
Translation
When Vāmanadeva had thus been given the sacred thread, Kuvera, King of the Yakṣas, gave Him a pot for begging alms, and mother Bhagavatī, the wife of Lord Śiva and most chaste mother of the entire universe, gave Him His first alms.