44 Srimad-Bhagavatam [ Canto 4, Ch. 1
tebhyo ‘gnayat samabhavan
catvarimsac ca pajica ca
ta evaikonapajicasat
sakam pitrpitamahaih
tebhyah—from them; agnayah—fire-gods; samabhavan—were produced;
catvarimsat—forly; ca—and; pafica—five; ca—and; te—they; eva—certainly;
ekonapajicasat—forty-nine; sakam—along with; pitr-pitamahaih—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 Pavaka, Pavamana and Suci.
Counting these four plus forty-five grandsons, there are altogether forty-
nine different fire-gods.
TEXT 62
ahs eaifn qerafeeaniata:
wmiey eal ay Prerardsated 4 142M
vaitanike karmani yan-
namabhir brahma-vadibhih
agneyya istayo yajiie
nirupyante ‘gnayas tu te
vaitanike—offering of oblations; karmani—the activity; yat—of the fire-
gods; namabhih—by the names; brahma-vadibhih—by impersonalist
brahmanas; agneyyah—for Agni; istayah—sacrifices; yajfie—in the sacrifice;
niripyante—are the objective; agnayah—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 brahmanas.
