Verse 14

¹⁴As he was being taken as a student, Savitr spoke the Savitri to him, Brhaspati gave the sacred thread, and Kasyapa gave the girdle. ¹⁵Earth gave the black deerskin, and Soma the lord of plants gave the staff; his mother gave the cloth to cover him, and the sky gave a parasol to the lord of the world. ¹⁶He whose womb is the Veda gave the water pot, the seven sages gave the kusa grass, and Sarasvati, great king, gave a string of beads to him whose self does not waste away. ¹⁷To him, taken as a student in this way, the king of the yaksas gave a begging bowl, and the revered Uma herself, Ambika the true, gave him alms. ¹⁸So that boy, honoured for the light of Brahman that was on him, shone out beyond everything in the assembly crowded with sages of Brahman, a worthy one among them.

¹⁹The twice-born one made the fire blaze where it had been laid, swept round it, spread the grass about it, worshipped it, and poured his offering with sticks of kindling.