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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 1 ]
tebhyo 'gnayaḥ samabhavan catvāriṁśac ca pañca ca ta evaikonapañcāśat sākaṁ pitr-pitāmahaiḥ
tebhyaḥ—from them; agnayaḥ—fire-gods; samabhavan—were produced; catvāriṁśat—forty; ca—and; pañca—five; ca—and; te—they; eva—certainly; ekonapañcāśat—forty-nine; sākaṁ—along with; pitr-pitāmahaiḥ—with the fathers and grandfathers.
TRANSLATION
From those three sons another forty-five descendants were generated, who are also fire-gods. The total number of fire-gods is therefore forty-nine, including the fathers and the grandfather.
PURPORT
The grandfather is Agni, and the sons are Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci. Counting these four plus forty-five grandsons, there are altogether forty-nine different fire-gods.
TEXT 62
वैतानिके कर्मणि यथाममिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः । आग्नेय्य श्टयो यज्ञे निरूप्यन्तेऽग्रयस्तु ते ॥६२॥
vaitānike karmaṇi yan- nāmabhir brahma-vādibhiḥ āgneyya iṣṭayo yajñe nirūpyante 'gnayas tu te
vaitānike—offering of oblations; karmaṇi—the activity; yat—of the fire-gods; nāmabhiḥ—by the names; brahma-vādibhiḥ—by impersonalist brāhmaṇas; āgneyyaḥ—for Agni; iṣṭayaḥ—sacrifices; yajñe—in the sacrifice; nirūpyante—are the objective; agnayaḥ—the forty-nine fire-gods; tu—but; te—those.
TRANSLATION
These forty-nine fire-gods are the beneficiaries of the oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire by impersonalist brāhmaṇas.