यथा गावो नसि प्रोतास्तन्त्यां बद्धाश्च दामभि: । वाक्तन्त्यां नामभिर्बद्धा वहन्ति बलिमीशितु: ॥ ४२ ॥
yatha gavo nasi protas tantyam baddhas ca damabhih vak-tantyam namabhir baddha vahanti balim isituh
- yatha
- as much as
- gavah
- cow
- nasi
- by the nose
- protah
- strung
- tantyam
- by the thread
- baddhah
- bound by
- ca
- also
- damabhih
- by ropes
- vak-tantyam
- in the network of Vedic hymns
- namabhih
- by nomenclatures
- baddhah
- conditioned
- vahanti
- carry on
- balim
- orders
- isituh
- for being controlled by the Supreme Lord.
As a cow, bound through the nose by a long rope, is conditioned, so also human beings are bound by different Vedic injunctions and are conditioned to obey the orders of the Supreme.