SB 3.6.12

TEXT 12

TEXT

तस्याग्निरास्यं निर्भिन्नं लोकपालो ऽविशत्पदम् ।
वाचा स्वांशेन वक्तव्यं ययासौ प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२ ॥

tasyagnir asyam nirbhinnam

loka-palo 'visat padam

vaca svamsena vaktavyam

yayasau pratipadyate

tasya-His; agnih-fire; asyam-mouth; nirbhinnam-thus separated; loka-palah-the directors of material affairs; avisat-entered; padam-respective positions; vaca-by words; sva-amsena-by one's own part; vaktavyam-speeches; yaya-by which; asau-they; pratipadyate-express.

TRANSLATION

Agni or heat separated from His mouth, and all the directors of material affairs entered into it in their respective positions. By that energy the living entity expresses himself in words.

PURPORT

The mouth of the gigantic universal form of the Lord is the source of the speaking power. The director of the fire element is the controlling deity or the adhidaiva. The speeches delivered are adhyatma, or bodily functions, and the subject matter of the speeches is material productions, or the adhibhuta principle.

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