यो नामभिर्वाचि जनं निजायां बध्नाति तन्त्र्यामिव दामभिर्गा: । यस्मै बलिं त इमे नामकर्म- निबन्धबद्धाश्चकिता वहन्ति ॥ १३ ॥
yo namabhir vaci janam nijayam badhnati tantryam iva damabhir gah yasmai balim ta ime nama-karma- nibandha-baddhas cakita vahanti
- yah
- He who
- namabhih
- by different names
- vaci
- to the Vedic language
- janam
- all people
- nijayam
- which has emanated from Himself
- badhnati
- binds
- tantryam
- to a rope
- iva
- like
- damabhih
- by cords
- gah
- bulls
- yasmai
- unto whom
- balim
- a small presentation of taxes
- te
- all of them
- ime
- these
- nama-karma
- of names and different activities
- nibandha
- by the obligations
- baddhah
- bound
- cakitah
- being fearful
- vahanti
- carry
Just as the driver of a bullock cart ties ropes through the nostrils of his bulls to control them, the Supreme Personality of Godhead binds all men through the ropes of His words in the Vedas, which set forth the names and activities of the distinct orders of human society (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra). In fear, the members of these orders all worship the Supreme Lord by offering Him presentations according to their respective activities.