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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.8

యస్య వాచా ప్రజా: సర్వా గావస్తన్త్యేవ యన్త్రితా: । హరన్తి బలిమాయత్తాస్తస్మై ముఖ్యాయ తే నమ: ॥ ౮ ॥
yasya vācā prajāḥ sarvā
[yasya vaachaa prajaah sarvaa]
gāvas tantyeva yantritāḥ
[gaavas tantyeva yantritaah]
haranti balim āyattās
[haranti balim aayattaas]
tasmai mukhyāya te namaḥ
[tasmai mukhyaaya te namah]
yasya — of whom vācā — by the Vedic directions prajāḥ — living entities sarvāḥ — all gāvaḥ — bulls tantyā — by a rope iva — as yantritāḥ — are directed haranti — offer, take away balim — presentation, ingredients for worship āyattāḥ — under control tasmai — unto him mukhyāya — unto the chief person te — unto you namaḥ — respectful obeisances.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yasya vācā prajāḥ sarvā
yasya
of whom
vācā
by the Vedic directions
prajāḥ
living entities
sarvāḥ
all
gāvas tantyeva yantritāḥ
gāvaḥ
bulls
tantyā
by a rope
iva
as
yantritāḥ
are directed
haranti balim āyattās
haranti
offer, take away
balim
presentation, ingredients for worship
āyattāḥ
under control
tasmai mukhyāya te namaḥ
tasmai
unto him
mukhyāya
unto the chief person
te
unto you
namaḥ
respectful obeisances.
All the living entities within the universe are conducted by the Vedic directions, as a bull is directed by the rope attached to its nose. No one can violate the rules laid down in the Vedic literatures. To the chief person, who has contributed the Vedas, we offer our respect!

The Vedic literatures are the laws of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One cannot violate the injunctions given in the Vedic literatures any more than one can violate the state laws. Any living creature who wants real benefit in life must act according to the direction of the Vedic literature. The conditioned souls who have come to this material world for material sense gratification are regulated by the injunctions of the Vedic literature. Sense gratification is just like salt. One cannot take too much or too little, but one must take some salt in order to make one’s foodstuff palatable. Those conditioned souls who have come to this material world should utilize their senses according to the direction of the Vedic literature; otherwise they will be put into a more miserable condition of life. No human being or demigod can enact laws like those of the Vedic literature because the Vedic regulations are prescribed by the Supreme Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
We offer respects to the chief person by whose words, the Vedas, all the living beings make offerings, just as tamed bulls are controlled by a rope. Vācā refers to the Vedas. Śruti says: tasya vāk tantrir nāmāni dāmāni: the words of the Lord are a rope, and his names are ropes.
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