ŚB 8.16.31
Devanagari
नमो द्विशीर्ष्णे त्रिपदे चतु:शृङ्गाय तन्तवे ।
सप्तहस्ताय यज्ञाय त्रयीविद्यात्मने नम: ॥ ३१ ॥
सप्तहस्ताय यज्ञाय त्रयीविद्यात्मने नम: ॥ ३१ ॥
Verse text
namo dvi-śīrṣṇe tri-pade
catuḥ-śṛṅgāya tantave
sapta-hastāya yajñāya
trayī-vidyātmane namaḥ
catuḥ-śṛṅgāya tantave
sapta-hastāya yajñāya
trayī-vidyātmane namaḥ
Synonyms
namaḥ — I offer my respectful obeisances unto You; dvi-śīrṣṇe — who have two heads; tri-pade — who have three legs; catuḥ-śṛṅgāya — who have four horns; tantave — who expand; sapta-hastāya — who have seven hands; yajñāya — unto the yajña-puruṣa, the supreme enjoyer; trayī — the three modes of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies; vidyā-ātmane — the Personality of Godhead, the embodiment of all knowledge; namaḥ — I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have two heads [prāyaṇīya and udāyanīya], three legs [savana-traya], four horns [the four Vedas] and seven hands [the seven chandas, such as Gāyatrī]. I offer my obeisances unto You, whose heart and soul are the three Vedic rituals [karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa and upāsanā-kāṇḍa] and who expand these rituals in the form of sacrifice.