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बृहस्पतिरुवाच । त्वमग्ने सर्वदेवानां मुखं त्वमसि हव्यवाट् । त्वमन्तः सर्वभूतानां गूढश्चरसि साक्षिवत् ॥५-१६-१॥
Bṛhaspati said: “O Agni, you are the mouth of all the gods; you are the bearer of offerings. Hidden within all beings, you move as a witness.”
english translation
त्वामाहुरेकं कवयस्त्वामाहुस्त्रिविधं पुनः । त्वया त्यक्तं जगच्चेदं सद्यो नश्येद्धुताशन॥५-१६-२॥
The sages call you one, and again they call you threefold. If you were to abandon this world, O consumer of offerings, it would perish at once.
english translation
कृत्वा तुभ्यं नमो विप्राः स्वकर्मविजितां गतिम् । गच्छन्ति सह पत्नीभिः सुतैरपि च शाश्वतीम्॥५-१६-३॥
Having offered reverence to you, the learned priests attain a state won through their own duties; they proceed to an enduring destination together with wives and sons as well.
english translation
त्वमेवाग्ने हव्यवाहस्त्वमेव परमं हविः । यजन्ति सत्रैस्त्वामेव यज्ञैश्च परमाध्वरे॥५-१६-४॥
You alone, O Agni, are the bearer of offerings, and you alone are the supreme oblation. In extended rites and in sacrifices of the highest order, they worship you alone.
english translation
सृष्ट्वा लोकांस्त्रीनिमान्हव्यवाह प्राप्ते काले पचसि पुनः समिद्धः । सर्वस्यास्य भुवनस्य प्रसूतिस्त्वमेवाग्ने भवसि पुनः प्रतिष्ठा॥५-१६-५॥
Having generated these three worlds, O bearer of offerings, when the time arrives you again ‘cook’—transform—them when kindled. You alone, O Agni, are the origination of this entire cosmos, and again you become its foundation.
english translation