CHAPTER SIX
Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
TEXT 1
ब्रह्मोवाच
वाचां वह्वेर्मुखं क्षेत्रं छन्दसां सप्त धातवः । हन्यकव्यापृतान्नानां जिह्वा सर्वरसस्य च ॥ १ ॥
brahmovaca
vācāṁ vahner mukhaṁ kṣetraṁ
chandasāṁ sapta dhātavaḥ
havya-kavyāmṛtānnānāṁ
jihvā sarva-rasasya ca
brahmā uvāca —Lord Brahmā said;  vācāṁ —of the voice;  vahneḥ —of fire;  mukhaṁ —the mouth;  kṣetraṁ —generating center;  chandasāṁ —of the Vedic hymns, such as Gāyatrī;  sapta —seven;  dhātavaḥ —skin and six other layers;  havya-kavya —offerings for the demigods and the forefathers;  amṛta —food for human beings;  annānāṁ —of all sorts of foodstuffs;  jihvā —the tongue;  sarva —all;  rasasya —of all delicacies;  ca —also.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā said: The mouth of the virāṭa puruṣa [the universal form of the Lord] is the generating center of the voice, and the controlling deity is Fire. His skin and six other layers are the generating centers of the Vedic hymns, and His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people.
PURPORT
The opulences of the universal form of the Lord are described herein, and it is said that His mouth is the generating center of all kinds of voices, and its controlling deity is the fire demigod. And His skin and other six
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