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SB 8.18.15

Devanāgarī

ददौ कृष्णाजिनं भूमिर्दण्डं सोमो वनस्पति: । कौपीनाच्छादनं माता द्यौश्छत्रं जगत: पते: ॥ १५ ॥

Text

dadau kṛṣṇājinaṁ bhūmir daṇḍaṁ somo vanaspatiḥ kaupīnācchādanaṁ mātā dyauś chatraṁ jagataḥ pateḥ

Synonyms

dadau—gave, offered;kṛṣṇa-ajinam—the skin of a deer;bhūmiḥ—mother earth;daṇḍam—abrahmacārī’srod;somaḥ—the moon-god;vanaḥ-patiḥ—the king of the forest;kaupīna—the underwear;ācchādanam—covering the body;mātā—His mother, Aditi;dyauḥ—the heavenly kingdom;chatram—an umbrella;jagataḥ—of the whole universe;pateḥ—of the master.

Translation

Mother earth gave Him a deerskin, and the demigod of the moon, who is the king of the forest, gave Him a brahma-daṇḍa [the rod of a brahmacārī]. His mother, Aditi, gave Him cloth for underwear, and the deity presiding over the heavenly kingdom offered Him an umbrella.

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