# SB 8.16.31 > नमो द्विशीर्ष्णे त्रिपदे चतुःशृङ्गाय तन्तवे > सप्तहस्ताय यज्ञआय त्रयीविद्यात्मने नमः ॥३१॥ ## Text > namo dvi-śīrṣṇe tri-pade > 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.**