Verses 1.14.52-53

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

श्री-नारद उवाच
इत्य् उक्त्वा द्विज-मुख्यास् ते
कुशाग्रैर् नव-पल्लवैः
पवित्र-कुशलैस् तोयैर्
ऋग्-यजुः-साम-जैः स्तवैः
परैः स्वस्त्य्-अयनैर् यज्ञं
कारयित्वा विधानतः
अग्निं सम्पूज्य विधि-वद्
रक्षां विदधिरे शिशोः

śrī-nārada uvāca
ity uktvā dvija-mukhyās te
kuśāgrair nava-pallavaiḥ
pavitra-kuśalais toyair
ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-jaiḥ stavaiḥ
paraiḥ svasty-ayanair yajñaṃ
kārayitvā vidhānataḥ
agniṃ sampūjya vidhi-vad
rakṣāṃ vidadhire śiśoḥ

śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; iti—thus; uktvā—saying; dvija-mukhyāḥ—the great brāhmaṇas; te—they; kuśa-agraiḥ—with tips of kuśa grass; nava-pallavaiḥ—and new twigs; pavitra—pure; kuśalaiḥ—auspicious; toyaiḥ—with water; ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-jaiḥ—from the Ṛg, Sāma, and Yajur Vedas; stavaiḥ—with prayers; paraiḥ—transcendental; svasty-ayanaiḥ—with blessings; yajñam—sacrifice; kārayitvā—performing; vidhānataḥ—according to proper procedure; agnim—fire; sampūjya—worshiping; vidhi-vat—properly; rakṣām—protection; vidadhire—did; śiśoḥ—of the child.

English translation of verses 1.14.52-53:

After saying this, the great brāhmaṇas, with new twigs, kuśa grass, pure sacred water, prayers from the Ṛg, Sāma, and Yajur Vedas, and many auspicious blessings, properly performed a yajña and properly worshiped the sacred fire. In this way they established the protection of child Kṛṣṇa.