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.