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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- satre mamāsa bhagavān haya-śīraṣātho
- sākṣāt sa yajña-puruṣas tapanīya-varṇaḥ
- chandomayo makhamayo 'khila-devatātmā
- vāco babhūvur uśatīḥ śvasato 'sya nastaḥ
satrein the sacrificial ceremony — in the sacrificial ceremony; mamaof mine — of mine; āsaappeared — appeared; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; hayawith His horselike head-śīraṣāwith His horselike head — with His horselike head; athathus — thus; sākṣātdirectly — directly; saḥHe — He; yajñathe person who is pleased by performances of sacrifice-puruṣaḥthe person who is pleased by performances of sacrifice — the person who is pleased by performances of sacrifice; tapanīyagolden — golden; varṇaḥhue — hue; chandaḥpersonified Vedic hymns-mayaḥpersonified Vedic hymns — personified Vedic hymns; makhapersonified sacrifices-mayaḥpersonified sacrifices — personified sacrifices; akhilaall that be — all that be; devatāthe soul of the demigods-ātmāthe soul of the demigods — the soul of the demigods; vācaḥsounds — sounds; babhūvuḥbecome audible — become audible; uśatīḥvery pleasing to hear — very pleasing to hear; śvasataḥwhile breathing — while breathing; asyaHis — His; nastaḥthrough the nostrils — through the nostrils.
The Lord appeared as the Hayagrīva incarnation in a sacrifice performed by me [Brahmā]. He is the personified sacrifices, and the hue of His body is golden. He is the personified Vedas as well, and the Supersoul of all demigods. When He breathed, all the sweet sounds of the Vedic hymns came out of His nostrils.
The Vedic hymns are generally meant for sacrifices performed by fruitive workers who also want to satisfy the demigods to achieve their fruitive result. But the Lord is the personified sacrifices and personified Vedic hymns. Therefore one who is directly a devotee of the Lord is a person who has automatically both served the purposes of sacrifices and pleased the demigods. The devotees of the Lord may not perform any sacrifice or may not please the demigods as per Vedic injunctions, and still the devotees are on a higher level than the fruitive workers or the worshipers of different demigods.