TEXT 26
agnir mukham te ’khila-devatatma
ksitim vidur loka-bhavanghri-pankajam
kalam gatim te ’khila-devatatmano
disas ca karnau rasanam jalesam
SYNONYMS
agnih—fire; mukham—mouth; te—of Your Lordship; akhila-devata-atma—the origin of all demigods; ksitim—the surface of the globe; viduh—they know; loka-bhava—O origin of all planets; anghri-pankajam—your lotus feet; kalam—eternal time; gatim—progress; te—of Your Lordship; akhila-devata-atmanah—the total aggregate of all the demigods; disah—all directions; ca—and; karnau—your ears; rasanam—taste; jala-isam—the demigod controller of the water.
TRANSLATION
O father of all planets, learned scholars know that fire is your mouth, the surface of the globe is your lotus feet, eternal time is your movement, all the directions are your ears, and Varuna, master of the waters, is your tongue.
PURPORT
In the sruti-mantras it is said, agnih sarva-devatah: “Fire is the aggregate of all demigods.” Agni is the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is through Agni, or fire, that the Lord accepts all sacrificial oblations.
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