Text 35]
The Demigods Appeal to the Lord
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the demigods. He is the vital force for all vegetation. Unfortunately, modern so-called scientists, who do not fully understand the moon, describe the moon as being full of deserts. Since the moon is the source for our vegetation, how can the moon be a desert? The moonshine is the vital force for all vegetation, and therefore we cannot possibly accept that the moon is a desert.
TEXT 35
अग्निर्मुखं यस्य तु जातवेदा
जातः क्रियाकाण्डनिमित्तजन्मा ।
अन्तःसमुद्रेऽनुपचन्स्वधातून्
प्रसीदतां नः स महाविभूतिः ॥३५॥
agnir mukham yasya tu jāta-vedā jātaḥ kriyā-kāṇḍa-nimitta-janmā antaḥ-samudre 'nupacan sva-dhātūn prasīdatām naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ
agniḥ—fire; mukham—the mouth through which the Supreme Personality of Godhead eats; yasya—of whom; tu—but; jāta-vedāḥ—the producer of wealth or of all necessities of life; jātaḥ—produced; kriyā-kāṇḍa—ritualistic ceremonies; nimitta—for the sake of; janmā—formed for this reason; antaḥ-samudre—within the depths of the ocean; anupacan—always digesting; sva-dhātūn—all elements; prasīdatām—may be pleased; naḥ—upon us; saḥ—He; mahā-vibhūtiḥ—the supremely powerful.
TRANSLATION
Fire, which is born for the sake of accepting oblations in ritualistic ceremonies, is the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Fire exists within the depths of the ocean to produce wealth, and fire is also present in the abdomen to digest food and produce various secretions for the maintenance of the body. May that supremely powerful Personality of Godhead be pleased with us.