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नसिप्रोतबलीवर्दन्यायः (nasiprotabalIvardanyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
Ex. यथा गावो नसि प्रोतास्तन्त्यां वद्धाश्च दामभिः। वाक्तन्यां नामभिर्बद्धां वहन्ति बलिमीशितुः॥ --भागवत XII, 12.41
सा० 592
A rope is put in the nostrils of a bull with which the owner controls it. The bull does the work of carrying burden. So also, says the maxim, men are controlled by such rein-like rope which is made of long fibres of Vedic injunctions about Varṇas and Āśramas. The senses are compared to a bull here.