Text 45] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 261

of Krsna, one’s life will change; he will see a new light, and his life will be
successful.

TEXT 45
ATI HA
a maed eed gare: aa
ad f aa: afretrenit = |
a acafist aad tam
afaett Qn ate AEF TA Weel

brahmana ucuh
tvam kratus tvam havis tvam hutagah svayam
tvam hi mantrah samid-darbha-patrani ca
tvam sadasyartvijo dampati devata
agnihotram svadha soma ajyam pasuh

brahmanah—the brahmanas; icuh—said; tvam—You; kratuh—sacrifice;
tvam— You; havih— offering of clarified butter; tvam— Y ou; huta-asah—fire;
svayam—personified; tvam—You; hi—for; mantrah—the Vedic hymns;
samit-darbha-patrani—the fuel, the kusa grass and the sacrificial pots; ca—
and; tuam—You; sadasya—the members of the assembly; rtvijah—the
priests; dampati—the chief person of the sacrifice and his wife; devata—
demigods; agnihotram—sacred fire ceremony; svadha—the offering to the
forefathers; somah—the soma plant; ajyam—the clarified butter; pasuh—
the sacrificial animal.

TRANSLATION

The brahmanas 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 kuga grass, You are the sacrificial pots, You are
the priests who perform the yajria, 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 Visnu’s all-pervasiveness is partially explained. It
is said in the Visnu Purana that as a fire situated in one place emanates its
heat and illumination everywhere, so whatever we see within the material
