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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.18.14
tasyopanīyamānasya
sāvitrīḿ savitābravīt
bṛhaspatir brahma-sūtraḿ
mekhalāḿ kaśyapo 'dadāt
SYNONYMS
tasya — of Lord Vāmanadeva; upanīyamānasya — at the time of His being offered the sacred thread ceremony; sāvitrīm — the Gāyatrī mantra; savitā — the sun-god; abravīt — chanted; bṛhaspatiḥ — Bṛhaspati, the guru of the demigods; brahma-sūtram — the sacred thread; mekhalām — the belt of straw; kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa Muni; adadāt — offered.
TRANSLATION
At the sacred thread ceremony of Vāmanadeva, the sun-god personally uttered the Gāyatrī mantra, Bṛhaspati offered the sacred thread, and Kaśyapa Muni offered a straw belt.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness