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SB 8.16.31

Devanāgarī

नमो द्विशीर्ष्णे त्रिपदे चतु:श‍ृङ्गाय तन्तवे । सप्तहस्ताय यज्ञाय त्रयीविद्यात्मने नम: ॥ ३१ ॥

Text

namo dvi-śīrṣṇe tri-pade catuḥ-śṛṅgāya tantave sapta-hastāya yajñāya trayī-vidyātmane namaḥ

Synonyms

namaḥ—I offer my respectful obeisances unto You;dvi-śīrṣṇe—who have two heads;tri-pade—who have three legs;catuḥ-śṛṅgāya—who have four horns;tantave—who expand;sapta-hastāya—who have seven hands;yajñāya—unto theyajña-puruṣa,the supreme enjoyer;trayī—the three modes of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies;vidyā-ātmane—the Personality of Godhead, the embodiment of all knowledge;namaḥ—I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have two heads [prāyaṇīya and udāyanīya], three legs [savana-traya], four horns [the four Vedas] and seven hands [the seven chandas, such as Gāyatrī]. I offer my obeisances unto You, whose heart and soul are the three Vedic rituals [karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa and upāsanā-kāṇḍa] and who expand these rituals in the form of sacrifice.

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