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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.38

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 38

Verse text

somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ
saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ
satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis
tvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ


Synonyms

somaḥYour semen is the sacrifice called soma tuYour semen is the sacrifice called soma retaḥYour semen is the sacrifice called soma — Your semen is the sacrifice called soma; savanāniritualistic performances of the morning — ritualistic performances of the morning; avasthitiḥdifferent statuses of bodily growth — different statuses of bodily growth; saṁsthāseven varieties of sacrifices-vibhedāḥseven varieties of sacrifices — seven varieties of sacrifices; tavaYour — Your; devaO Lord — O Lord; dhātavaḥingredients of the body such as skin and flesh — ingredients of the body such as skin and flesh; satrāṇisacrifices performed over twelve days — sacrifices performed over twelve days; sarvāṇiall of them — all of them; śarīrathe bodily — the bodily; sandhiḥjoints — joints; tvamYour Lordship — Your Lordship; sarvaall — all; yajñaasoma sacrifices — asoma sacrifices; kratuḥsoma sacrifices — soma sacrifices; iṣṭithe ultimate desire — the ultimate desire; bandhanaḥattachment — attachment.


Translation

O Lord, Your semen is the sacrifice called soma-yajña. Your growth is the ritualistic performances of the morning. Your skin and touch sensations are the seven elements of the agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Your bodily joints are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days. Therefore You are the object of all sacrifices called soma and asoma, and You are bound by yajñas only.


Purport

There are seven kinds of routine yajñas performed by all followers of the Vedic rituals, and they are called agniṣṭoma, atyagniṣṭoma, uktha, ṣoḍaśī, vājapeya, atirātra and āptoryāma. Anyone performing such yajñas regularly is supposed to be situated with the Lord. But anyone who is in contact with the Supreme Lord by discharging devotional service is understood to have performed all different varieties of yajñas.

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