कुक्षि: समुद्रा गिरयोऽस्थिसङ्घा रोमाणि सर्वौषधिवीरुधस्ते । छन्दांसि साक्षात् तव सप्त धातव- स्त्रयीमयात्मन् हृदयं सर्वधर्म: ॥ २८ ॥
kuksih samudra girayo ’sthi-sangha romani sarvausadhi-virudhas te chandamsi saksat tava sapta dhatavas trayi-mayatman hrdayam sarva-dharmah
- kuksih
- abdomen
- samudrah
- the oceans
- girayah
- the mountains
- asthi
- bones
- sanghah
- combination
- romani
- the hairs of the body
- sarva
- all
- ausadhi
- drugs
- virudhah
- plants and creepers
- te
- your
- chandamsi
- Vedic mantras
- saksat
- directly
- tava
- your
- sapta
- seven
- dhatavah
- layers of the body
- trayi-maya-atman
- O three Vedas personified
- hrdayam
- core of the heart
- sarva-dharmah
- all kinds of religion.
O lord, you are the three Vedas personified. The seven seas are your abdomen, and the mountains are your bones. All drugs, creepers and vegetables are the hairs on your body, the Vedic mantras like Gayatri are the seven layers of your body, and the Vedic religious system is the core of your heart.