Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu. Text 62

वैतानिके कर्मणि यन् नामभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः ।
आग्नेय्य इष्टयो यज्ञे निरूप्यन्तेऽग्नयस्तु ते ॥६२॥

vaitÄnike karmaṇi yan-
nÄmabhir brahma-vÄdibhiḥ
Ägneyya iṣṭayo yajñe
nirūpyante 'gnayas tu te

 vaitÄnike - offering of oblations; karmaṇi - the activity; yat - of the fire-gods; nÄmabhiḥ - by the names; brahma-vÄdibhiḥ - by impersonalist brÄhmaṇas; Ägneyyaḥ - for Agni; iṣṭayaḥ - sacrifices; yajñe - in the sacrifice; nirÅ«pyante - are the objective; agnayaḥ - the forty-nine fire-gods; tu - but; te - those.


Text

These forty-nine fire-gods are the beneficiaries of the oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire by impersonalist brÄhmaṇas.

Purport

Impersonalists who perform Vedic fruitive sacrifices are attracted to the various fire-gods and offer oblations in their name. The forty-nine fire-gods are described herewith.