🪷 ŚB 3.13.38

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

सोमस्तु रेत: सवनान्यवस्थिति: संस्थाविभेदास्तव देव धातव: । सत्राणि सर्वाणि शरीरसन्धि- स्त्वं सर्वयज्ञक्रतुरिष्टिबन्धन: ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis tvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ
Synonyms
somaḥ tu retaḥ — Your semen is the sacrifice called soma; savanāni — ritualistic performances of the morning; avasthitiḥ — different statuses of bodily growth; saṁsthā-vibhedāḥ — seven varieties of sacrifices; tava — Your; deva — O Lord; dhātavaḥ — ingredients of the body such as skin and flesh; satrāṇi — sacrifices performed over twelve days; sarvāṇi — all of them; śarīra — the bodily; sandhiḥ — joints; tvam — Your Lordship; sarva — all; yajña — asoma sacrifices; kratuḥ — soma sacrifices; iṣṭi — the ultimate desire; bandhanaḥ — 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.

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