yad-vaci tantyam guna-karma-damabhih
sudustarair vatsa vayam suyojitah
sarve vahamo balim isvaraya
prota nasiva dvi-pade catus-padah
yat-of whom; vaci-in the form of Vedic instruction; tantyam-to a long rope; guna-of quality; karma-and work; damabhih-by the ropes; su-dustaraih-very difficult to avoid; vatsa-my dear boy; vayam-we; su-yojitah-are engaged; sarve-all; vahamah-carry out; balim-orders to please Him; isvaraya-unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; protah-being bound; nasi-in the nose; iva-like; dvi-pade-to the two-legged (driver); catuh-padah-the four-legged (bulls).