Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /226

OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT
 
JAMANA AND TRIVIKRAMA AVATARAS 203
स ब्रह्मवर्चसेनैवमत्यरोचत मारिषः ॥
 
SL
 

That venerable Brahmacharin thus out-

shone (everybody) with his spiritual
 

lustre.
 

 
श्रुत्वाऽश्वमेधैर्यजमानमूर्जितं

बलिं भृगूणामुपकल्पितैस्ततः ।

छत्रं सदण्डडं सजलं कमण्डलुं

विवेश बिभ्रद्धयमेधवाटम् ॥
 

Then, hearing that the powerful Bali

was performing horse-sacrifices arranged

by the Bhrigus, the Lord (Vamana),

bearing an umbrella, the Danda* and

Kamandalut with water, entered the
with water, entered the
sacrificial hall.
 

 
जटिलं वामनं विनं मायामाणवकं हरिम् ।

भृगवस्ते प्रत्यगृहह्णन् पादौ भगवतो बलिः ।

अवनिज्यार्चयामास मुक्तसङ्गमनोरमम् ॥
 

The Bhrigus welcomed that dwarf-

Brahmin with matted hair, who was Lord
 

 
*From the time of the initiation into the Gayatri,

the Brahmin Brahmacharin bears a twig of the

Palasa tree (Butea Frondosa), the Palasa danda.
 

Kamandalu is a small earthen or wooden vessel

for water carried by Brahmacharins, ascetics and

others.