TEXT 26
agnir mukham te khila-devatatma
ksitim vidur loka-bhavanghri-pankajam
kalam gatim te khila-devatatmano
disas ca karnau rasanam jalesam
SYNONYMS
agnihfire; mukhammouth; teof Your Lordship; akhila-devata-atmathe origin of all demigods; ksitimthe surface of the globe; viduhthey know; loka-bhavaO origin of all planets; anghri-pankajamyour lotus feet; kalameternal time; gatimprogress; teof Your Lordship; akhila-devata-atmanahthe total aggregate of all the demigods; disahall directions; caand; karnauyour ears; rasanamtaste; jala-isamthe 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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