Devanagari
सोमस्तु रेत: सवनान्यवस्थिति:
संस्थाविभेदास्तव देव धातव: ।
सत्राणि सर्वाणि शरीरसन्धि-
स्त्वं सर्वयज्ञक्रतुरिष्टिबन्धन: ॥ ३८ ॥
Verse text
somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ
saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ
satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis
tvaṁ sarva-yajṣa-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
;
yajṣa
—
asoma sacrifices
;
kratuḥ
—
soma sacrifices
;
iṣṭi
—
the ultimate desire
;
bandhanaḥ
—
attachment .
Translation
O Lord, Your semen is the sacrifice called soma-yajṣa. 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 yajṣas only.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O Lord! Soma arose from your semen. The time for morning rites arose from your seat. The seven types of sacrifice arose from your seven dhātus. The satra sacrifices arose from you joints. You are all sacrifices with and without soma. You are bound by the devotion expressed in sacrifice.
Savanāni means the time for rituals during the morning. Avasthitiḥ means seat. Saṁsthā-vibheda refers to agniṣṭoma, atyagniṣṭoma, uktha, śoḍaśī, vājapeya, atirātra and āptoryāma. They arose from the seven dhātus. Satrāṇi refers to many sacrifices performed over twelve days. Yajṣa refers to sacrifice without soma and kratu refers to sacrifice using soma. You are obligated (bandhanam) to devotion expressed to you through sacrifice (iṣṭi).
Purport
There are seven kinds of routine
yajṣas
performed by all followers of the Vedic rituals, and they are called
agniṣṭoma, atyagniṣṭoma, uktha, ṣoḍaśī, vājapeya, atirātra
and
āptoryāma.
Anyone performing such
yajṣas
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
yajṣas.