Dasakam 013 - Sloka 09

त्वचि छन्दो रोमस्वपि कुशगणश्चक्षुषि घृतं चतुर्होतारोऽङ्घ्रौ स्रुगपि वदने चोदर इडा ।

ग्रहा जिह्वायां ते परपुरुष कर्णे च चमसा विभो सोमो वीर्यं वरद गलदेशेऽप्युपसद: ॥९॥

Verse 9:

Tvaci chando romasu api kuśa-gaṇaś cakṣuṣi ghṛtaṁcatur-hotāro’ṅghrau srug api vadane codara iḍā।

grahā jihvāyāṁ te para-puruṣa karṇe ca camasāvibho somo vīryaṁ varada gala-deśe’py upasadaḥ॥

Verse 9:

த்வசி சந்தோ ரோமஸ்வபி குஷகணஸ்சக்ஷுஷி க்ருதம்சதுர்ஹோதாரோ’ங்ங்ரௌ ஸ்ருகபி வதநே சோதர இதா।

க்ரஹா ஜிஹ்வாயாம் தே பரபுருஷ கர்ணே ச சமசாவிபோ ஸோமோ வீர்யம் வரத கலதேஶே’ப்யுபஸத:॥

त्वचि छन्द:in Thy skin are the Vedic Metresरोमसु-अपि कुशगण:-Thy hair are the Kush grassचक्षुषि घृतम्Thy eyes are gheeचतुर्होतार:-अङ्घ्रौThy feet are the four sacrificing priestsस्रुग्-अपि वदनेThy face is 'sruk' (the ladle used for offering)च-उदर इडाand Thy stomach the 'ida' (the vessel used for keeping the ingredients for offering)ग्रहा जिह्वायां तेThy tongue the soma potपरपुरुषO Infinite Lord!कर्णे च चमसाThy ears are the chamasas (vessel used for keeping the sacrificial remnants)विभोO Lord!सोमो वीर्यम्Thy virility is SomaवरदO Bestower of Boons!गलदेशे-अपि-उपसद:in Thy neck are the sacrifices called 'Upasat' (the subsidiary rites)

O Infinite Lord! In Thy skin are the Vedic Mantras, Thy hair are the 'kush' grass, Thy eyes are the ghee, Thy feet are the four sacrificing priests, Thy face is 'sruk',( the ladle for sacrifice) and Thy stomach is the 'Ida' (the vessel which holds the sacrificial ingredients), Thy tongue is the soma pot. O Lord! Thy ears are the chamasas (the vessel which holds the sacrificial remnants) and Thy virility is soma. O Bestower of Boons! in Thy neck are the sacrifices called Upasat, (the subsidiary rites). Thou are the embodiment of the holy Yagna