यद्वाचि तन्त्यां गुणकर्मदामभि: सुदुस्तरैर्वत्स वयं सुयोजिता: । सर्वे वहामो बलिमीश्वराय प्रोता नसीव द्विपदे चतुष्पद: ॥ १४ ॥
yad-vaci tantyam guna-karma-damabhih sudustarair vatsa vayam suyojitah sarve vahamo balim isvaraya prota nasiva dvi-pade catus-padah
- yat
- of whom
- vaci
- in the form of Vedic instruction
- tantyam
- to a long rope
- guna
- of quality
- karma
- and work
- damabhih
- by the ropes
- su-dustaraih
- very difficult to avoid
- vatsa
- my dear boy
- vayam
- we
- su-yojitah
- are engaged
- sarve
- all
- vahamah
- carry out
- balim
- orders to please Him
- isvaraya
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- protah
- being bound
- nasi
- in the nose
- iva
- like
- dvi-pade
- to the two-legged (driver)
- catuh-padah
- the four-legged (bulls)
My dear boy, all of us are bound by the Vedic injunctions to the divisions of varnasrama according to our qualities and work. These divisions are difficult to avoid because they are scientifically arranged. We must therefore carry out our duties of varnasrama-dharma, like bulls obliged to move according to the direction of a driver pulling on ropes knotted to their noses.