Text 45]
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
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of Kṛṣṇa, one's life will change; he will see a new light, and his life will be successful.
TEXT 45
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः
त्वं क्रतुस्त्वं हविस्त्वं हुताशः स्वयं
त्वं हि मन्त्रः समिदर्भपात्राणि च ।
त्वं सदस्यत्विजो दम्पती देवता
अग्निहोत्रं स्वधा सोम आज्यं पशुः ॥४५॥
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ
tvam kratus tvam havis tvam hutāśaḥ svayam
tvam hi mantraḥ samid-darbha-pātrāṇi ca
tvam sadasyartvijo dampatī devatā
agnihotram svadhā soma ājyam paśuḥ
brāhmaṇāḥ —the  brāhmaṇas ;  ūcuḥ —said;  tvam —You;  kratuḥ —sacrifice;  tvam —You;  haviḥ —offering of clarified butter;  tvam —You;  huta-āśaḥ —fire;  svayam —personified;  tvam —You;  hi —for;  mantraḥ —the Vedic hymns;  samit-darbha-pātrāṇi —the fuel, the  kuśa  grass and the sacrificial pots;  ca —and;  tvam —You;  sadasya —the members of the assembly;  ṛtvijaḥ —the priests;  dampatī —the chief person of the sacrifice and his wife;  devatā —demigods;  agnihotram —sacred fire ceremony;  svadhā —the offering to the forefathers;  somaḥ —the  soma  plant;  ājyam —the clarified butter;  paśuḥ —the sacrificial animal.
TRANSLATION
The  brāhmaṇas  said: Dear Lord, You are sacrifice personified, You are the offering of clarified butter, You are the fire, You are the chanting of Vedic hymns by which the sacrifice is conducted, You are the fuel, You are the flame, You are the  kuśa  grass, You are the sacrificial pots, You are the priests who perform the  yajña , You are the demigods headed by Indra, and You are the sacrificial animal. Everything that is sacrificed is You or Your energy.
PURPORT
In this statement Lord Viṣṇu's all-pervasiveness is partially explained. It is said in the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa  that as a fire situated in one place emanates its heat and illumination everywhere, so whatever we see within the material