तस्मा इत्युपनीताय यक्षराट् पात्रिकामदात् । भिक्षां भगवती साक्षादुमादादम्बिका सती ॥ १७ ॥
tasma ity upanitaya yaksa-rat patrikam adat bhiksam bhagavati saksad umadad ambika sati
- tasmai
- unto Him (Lord Vamanadeva)
- iti
- in this way
- upanitaya
- who had undergone His sacred thread ceremony
- yaksa-rat
- Kuvera, the treasurer of heaven and King of the Yaksas
- patrikam
- a pot for begging alms
- adat
- delivered
- bhiksam
- alms
- bhagavati
- mother Bhavani, the wife of Lord Siva
- saksat
- directly
- uma
- Uma
- adat
- gave
- ambika
- the mother of the universe
- sati
- the chaste.
When Vamanadeva had thus been given the sacred thread, Kuvera, King of the Yaksas, gave Him a pot for begging alms, and mother Bhagavati, the wife of Lord Siva and most chaste mother of the entire universe, gave Him His first alms.