Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 31
Aditi’s Lament and Kaśyapa’s Instruction of the Payo-vrata (Milk Vow) to Please Keśava
नमो द्विशीर्ष्णे त्रिपदे चतु:शृङ्गाय तन्तवे । सप्तहस्ताय यज्ञाय त्रयीविद्यात्मने नम: ॥ ३१ ॥
namo dvi-śīrṣṇe tri-pade catuḥ-śṛṅgāya tantave sapta-hastāya yajñāya trayī-vidyātmane namaḥ
दोन शिर, तीन पाद, चार शृंग आणि तंतु-स्वरूप, सात हस्त असलेल्या यज्ञ-स्वरूप प्रभूला नमस्कार; ज्यांचे आत्मस्वरूप त्रयी-विद्या आहे, त्यांना माझा प्रणाम।
FAQs
This verse directly praises the Lord as “yajña,” indicating that sacrifice is ultimately meant for Him and that He is the inner reality and goal of all Vedic offerings.
Aditi is offering Vedic-style praises that portray the Lord as the cosmic form and the indwelling principle behind Vedic ritual—He is the sustaining “thread,” the power of yajña, and the essence of Vedic knowledge.
Offer daily actions as service—study sacred texts with humility, dedicate work and food as an offering, and remember that spiritual practice is meant to please the Supreme, not merely to perform external ritual.