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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 16]
TEXT 9
यत्पूजया कामदुधान्याति लोकान्गृहान्वितः । ब्राह्मणोऽग्निश्च वै विष्णोः सर्वदेवात्मनो मुखम् ॥ ९ ॥
yat-pūjayā kāma-dughān yāti lokān gṛhānvitaḥ brāhmaṇo 'gniś ca vai viṣṇoḥ sarva-devātmano mukham
yat-pūjayā —by worshiping the fire and  brāhmaṇas ;  kāma-dughān —which fulfill one's desires;  yāti —one goes;  lokān —to the destination of the higher planetary system;  gṛha-anvitaḥ —a person attached to household life;  brāhmaṇaḥ —the  brāhmaṇas ;  agniḥ ca —and the fire;  vai —indeed;  viṣṇoḥ —of Lord Viṣṇu;  sarva-deva-ātmanaḥ —the soul of all the demigods;  mukham —the mouth.
TRANSLATION
By worshiping the fire and the  brāhmaṇas , a householder can achieve the desired goal of residing in the higher planets, for the sacrificial fire and the  brāhmaṇas  are to be considered the mouth of Lord Viṣṇu, who is the Supersoul of all the demigods.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic system, a fire sacrifice is held in order to offer oblations of ghee, grains, fruits, flowers and so on, so that Lord Viṣṇu may eat and be satisfied. The Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.26):
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.” Therefore, all these items may be offered in the sacrificial fire, and Lord Viṣṇu will be satisfied. Similarly,  brāhmaṇa-bhojana , feeding of the  brāhmaṇas , is also recommended, for when the