Devanagari
तस्मा इत्युपनीताय यक्षराट् पात्रिकामदात् ।
भिक्षां भगवती साक्षादुमादादम्बिका सती ॥ १७ ॥
Verse 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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When Vāmanadeva had thus been given the sacred thread, Kuvera, King of the Yakṣas, gave him a pot for begging alms, and chaste mother Umā, the wife of Lord Śiva, gave him alms.
Pātrikām means a bowl for begging.