Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.38
सोमस्तु रेत: सवनान्यवस्थिति:
संस्थाविभेदास्तव देव धातव: ।
सत्राणि सर्वाणि शरीरसन्धि-
स्त्वं सर्वयज्ञक्रतुरिष्टिबन्धन: ॥ ३८ ॥
somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ
[somas tu retah savanaany avasthitih]
saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ
[samsthaa-vibhedaas tava deva dhaatavah]
satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis
[satraani sarvaani shareera-sandhis]
tvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ
[tvam sarva-yajna-kratur ishti-bandhanah]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ
somaḥ tu retaḥ
Your semen is the sacrifice called soma
savanāni
ritualistic performances of the morning
avasthitiḥ
different statuses of bodily growth
saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ
saṁsthā-vibhedāḥ
seven varieties of sacrifices
tava
Your
deva
O Lord
dhātavaḥ
ingredients of the body such as skin and flesh
satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis
satrāṇi
sacrifices performed over twelve days
sarvāṇi
all of them
śarīra
the bodily
sandhiḥ
joints
tvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ
tvam
Your Lordship
sarva
all
yajña
asoma sacrifices
kratuḥ
soma sacrifices
iṣṭi
the ultimate desire
bandhanaḥ
attachment.
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.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
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. Yajña refers to sacrifice without soma and kratu refers to sacrifice using soma. You are obligated (bandhanam) to devotion expressed to you through sacrifice (iṣṭi).
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Personal Guidance
The verse defines life's success by surrender, not by accumulation. What looks like 'giving up' from outside is, from inside, finally arriving at one's natural position.
Reflection Questions
- Where is your devotional life mostly verbal, and where is it actually costing you something?
- Where in your life are you still 'enjoying' the fruits of work you call devotional?
My note
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