264 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 7

we Tle ashaaerareal
feat ant tad aeATT URE

agnir mukham te ‘khila-devatatma

ksitim vidur loka-bhavanghri-pankajam
kalam gatim te ’khila-devatatmano

disas ca karnau rasanam jalesam

agnih—fire; mukham—mouth; te—of Your Lordship; akhila-devata-
Gtmd—the origin of all demigods; ksitim—the surface of the globe;
viduh—they know; loka-bhava—O origin of all planets; arighri-panka-
jam—your lotus feet; kalam—eternal time; gatim—progress; te—of
Your Lordship; akhila-devatd-dtmanah—the total aggregate of all the
demigods; disah—all directions; ca—and; karnau—your ears;
rasanam—taste; jala-isam—the demigod controller of the water.

TRANSLATION

O father of all planets, learned scholars know that fire is your
mouth, the surface of the globe is your lotus feet, eternal time is
your movement, all the directions are your ears, and Varuna,
master of the waters, is your tongue.

PURPORT

In the Sruti-mantras it is said, agnih sarva-devatah: “Fire is the ag-
gregate of all demigods.”’ Agni is the mouth of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. It is through Agni, or fire, that the Lord accepts all sacrificial
oblations.

TEXT 27

amaerRa wat ata

wa safe ad aw ta: |
TUATHA AAT Taal

att wat aaa RET UWI!

nabhir nabhas te Svasanam nabhasvan
stiryas ca caksiimsi jalam sma retah
