क्षितिं विदुर्लोकभवाङ्घ्रिपङ्कजम् ।
कालं गतिं तेऽखिलदेवतात्मनो
दिशश्च कर्णौ रसनं जलेशम् ॥२६॥
agnir mukhaá¹ te 'khila-devatÄtmÄ
ká¹£itiá¹ vidur loka-bhavÄá¹…ghri-paá¹…kajam
kÄlaá¹ gatiá¹ te 'khila-devatÄtmano
diśaś ca karṇau rasanaṠjaleśam
agniḥ - fire; mukham - mouth; te - of Your Lordship; akhila-devatÄ-ÄtmÄ - the origin of all demigods; ká¹£itim - the surface of the globe; viduḥ - they know; loka-bhava - O origin of all planets; aá¹…ghri-paá¹…kajam - your lotus feet; kÄlam - eternal time; gatim - progress; te - of Your Lordship; akhila-devatÄ-Ätmanaḥ - the total aggregate of all the demigods; diÅ›aḥ - all directions; ca - and; karṇau - your ears; rasanam - taste; jala-Ä«Å›am - the demigod controller of the water.
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 Varuṇa, master of the waters, is your tongue.
In the Å›ruti-mantras it is said, agniḥ sarva-devatÄḥ: “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.
