SB 8.18.17
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 17
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.