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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.6.12
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 12
- tasyāgnir āsyaṁ nirbhinnaṁ
- loka-pālo 'viśat padam
- vācā svāṁśena vaktavyaṁ
- yayāsau pratipadyate
tasyaHis — His; agniḥfire — fire; āsyammouth — mouth; nirbhinnamthus separated — thus separated; lokathe directors of material affairs-pālaḥthe directors of material affairs — the directors of material affairs; aviśatentered — entered; padamrespective positions — respective positions; vācāby words — by words; svaby one's own part-aṁśenaby one's own part — by one's own part; vaktavyamspeeches — speeches; yayāby which — by which; asauthey — they; pratipadyateexpress — express.
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.
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 ādhidaiva. The speeches delivered are ādhyātma, or bodily functions, and the subject matter of the speeches is material productions, or the ādhibhūta principle.