Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.38

somas tu retah savanāny avasthitih

samsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavah

satrāni sarvāni śarīra-sandhis

tvam sarva-yajña-kratur ishti-bandhanah

SYNONYMS

somah tu retah — Your semen is the sacrifice called soma; savanāni — ritualistic performances of the morning; avasthitih — different statuses of bodily growth; samsthā-vibhedāh — seven varieties of sacrifices; tava — Your; deva — O Lord; dhātavah — ingredients of the body such as skin and flesh; satrāni — sacrifices performed over twelve days; sarvāni — all of them; śarīra — the bodily; sandhih — joints; tvam — Your Lordship; sarva — all; yajña — asoma sacrifices; kratuh — soma sacrifices; ishti — the ultimate desire; bandhanah — 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 agnishtoma 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 agnishtoma, atyagnishtoma, uktha, shodaśī, 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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