Text 38] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 517

TRANSLATION

Moreover, O Lord, the repetition of Your appearance is the desire for
all kinds of initiation. Your neck is the place for three desires, and Your
tusks are the result of initiation and the end of all desires. Your tongue is
the prior activities of initiation, Your head is the fire without sacrifice as
well as the fire of worship, and Your living forces are the aggregate of all
desires.

TEXT 38

aed ta: arvarwtate:
denfadaraa %T aaa: |
aa aati atta
eq | aaa eAeT cll

somas tu retah savanany avasthitih
samstha-vibhedas tava deva dhatavah
satrani sarvani Sarira-sandhis
tvam sarva-yajna-kratur isti-bandhanah

somah tu retah—Your semina is the sacrifice called soma; savanani—
ritualistic performances of the morning; avasthitih—different statuses of
bodily growth; samstha-vibhedah—seven varieties of sacrifices; tava— Your;
deva—Q) Lord; dhatavah—ingredients of the body such as skin, flesh, etc;
satrani—sacrifices performed over twelve days; sarvani—all of them; sarira—
the bodily; sandhih—joints; tvam— Your Lordship; sarva—all; yajfia—asoma
sacrifices; kratuh—soma sacrifices; isti_the ultimate desire; bandhanah—
attachment.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, Your semina is the sacrifice called soma-yajiia. Your growth is
the ritualistic performances of the morning. Your skin and touch sensa-
tions are the seven elements of the agnistoma sacrifice. Your bodily joints
are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days. Therefore
You are the object of all sacrifices called soma and asoma, and You are
bound by yajfias only.

PURPORT

There are seven kinds of routine yajfias performed by all followers of the
Vedic rituals, and they are called agnistoma, atyagnistoma, uktha, sodasi,
