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यथा गावो नसि प्रोतास् तन्त्यां बद्धास्च दामभिः ।
वाक्तन्त्यां नामभिर्बद्धा वहन्ति बलिमीशितुः ॥ ४२ ॥
 
yatha gavo nasi protas
tantyam baddhas ca damabhih
vaktantyam namabhir baddha
vahanti balim isituh
yatha-as much as; gavah-cow; nasi-by the nose; protah-women; tantyam-by the thread; baddhah-bound up by; ca-also; damabhih-by ropes; vaktantyam-in the network of Vedic hymns; namabhih-by nomenclatures; baddhah-conditioned; vahanti-carry on; balim-orders; isituh-for being controlled by the Supreme Lord.