मौञ्ज्या मेखलया वीतमुपवीताजिनोत्तरम् । जटिलं वामनं विप्रं मायामाणवकं हरिम् ॥ २४ ॥ प्रविष्टं वीक्ष्य भृगव: सशिष्यास्ते सहाग्निभि: । प्रत्यगृह्णन्समुत्थाय सङ्क्षिप्तास्तस्य तेजसा ॥ २५ ॥
maunjya mekhalaya vitam upavitajinottaram jatilam vamanam vipram maya-manavakam harim pravistam viksya bhrgavah sasisyas te sahagnibhih pratyagrhnan samutthaya sanksiptas tasya tejasa
- maunjya
- made of munja straw
- mekhalaya
- with a belt
- vitam
- circled
- upavita
- sacred thread
- ajina-uttaram
- wearing a deerskin upper garment
- jatilam
- having matted locks of hair
- vamanam
- Lord Vamana
- vipram
- a brahmana
- maya-manavakam
- the illusory son of a human being
- harim
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- pravistam
- entered
- viksya
- seeing
- bhrgavah
- the priests who were descendants of Bhrgu
- sa-sisyah
- with their disciples
- te
- all of them
- saha-agnibhih
- with the fire sacrifice
- pratyagrhnan
- properly welcomed
- samutthaya
- standing up
- sanksiptah
- being diminished
- tasya
- His
- tejasa
- by brilliance
Appearing as a brahmana boy, wearing a belt of straw, a sacred thread, an upper garment of deerskin, and matted locks of hair, Lord Vamanadeva entered the arena of sacrifice. His brilliant effulgence diminished the brilliance of all the priests and their disciples, who thus stood from their seats and welcomed the Lord properly by offering obeisances.