Text 11] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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father of King Bharata, after whose name this planet earth was called  Bhāratavarṣa . Rṣabhadeva's mother was also known as Merudevī, although her name is mentioned here as Sudevī. It is sometimes proposed that Sudevī was another wife of King Āgnīdhra, but since King Rṣabhadeva is mentioned elsewhere as the son of Merudevī, it is clear that Merudevī and Sudevī are the same person under different names.
TEXT 11
सत्रे ममास भगवान् हयशीरषाथो 
  साक्षात् स यज्ञपुरुषस्तपनीयवर्णः । 
  छन्दोमयो मखमयोऽखिलदेवतात्मा 
  वाचो बभूवुरुशतीः ध्वसतोऽस्य नस्तः॥११॥
satre mamāsa bhagavān haya-śīraṣātho 
  sākṣāt sa yajña-puruṣas tapanīya-varṇaḥ 
  chandomayo makhamayo 'khila-devatātmā 
  vāco babhūvur uśatīḥ śvasato 'sya nastaḥ
satre —in the sacrificial ceremony;  mama —of mine;  āsa —appeared;  bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead;  haya-śīraṣā —with His horselike head;  atha —thus;  sākṣāt —directly;  saḥ —He;  yajña-puruṣaḥ —the person who is pleased by performances of sacrifice;  tapanīya —golden;  varṇaḥ —hue;  chandomayaḥ —personified Vedic hymns;  makhamayaḥ —personified sacrifices;  akhila —all that be;  devatā-ātmā —soul of the demigods;  vācaḥ —sounds;  babhūvaḥ —become audible;  uśatīḥ —very pleasing to hear;  śvasataḥ —while breathing;  asya —His;  nastaḥ —through the nostrils.
TRANSLATION
The Lord appeared as the Hayagrīva incarnation in the sacrifice performed by Brahmā. He was the personified sacrifices, and the hue of His body was golden. He is the personified Vedas as well, and the Supersoul of all demigods. When He breathed, all the sweet sounds of the Vedic hymns came out of His nostrils.