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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.9
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- iṣṭvāgni-jihvaṁ payasā
- puruṣaṁ yajuṣāṁ patim
- nimlocaty arka āsīnam
- agny-agāre samāhitam
iṣṭvāafter worshiping — after worshiping; agnifire — fire; jihvamtongue — tongue; payasāby oblation — by oblation; puruṣamunto the Supreme Person — unto the Supreme Person; yajuṣāmof all sacrifices — of all sacrifices; patimmaster — master; nimlocatiwhile setting — while setting; arkethe sun — the sun; āsīnamsitting — sitting; agniin the sacrificial hall-agārein the sacrificial hall — in the sacrificial hall; samāhitamcompletely in trance — completely in trance.
The sun was setting, and the sage was sitting in trance after offering oblations to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, whose tongue is the sacrificial fire.
Fire is considered to be the tongue of the Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu, and oblations of grains and clarified butter offered to the fire are thus accepted by Him. That is the principle of all sacrifices, of which Lord Viṣṇu is the master. In other words, the satisfaction of Lord Viṣṇu includes the satisfaction of all demigods and other living beings.