Chapter 18
ददौ कृष्णाजिनं भूमिर्दण्डं सोमो वनस्पति: । कौपीनाच्छादनं माता द्यौश्छत्रं जगत: पते: ॥ १५ ॥
Transliteration
dadau kṛṣṇājinaṁ bhūmir daṇḍaṁ somo vanaspatiḥ kaupīnācchādanaṁ mātā dyauś chatraṁ jagataḥ pateḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
dadau — gave, offered; kṛṣṇa-ajinam — the skin of a deer; bhūmiḥ — mother earth; daṇḍam — a brahmacārī’s rod; 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.”