इष्ट्वाग्निजिह्वं पयसा पुरुषं यजुषां पतिम् । निम्लोचत्यर्क आसीनमग्न्यगारे समाहितम् ॥ ९ ॥
istvagni-jihvam payasa purusam yajusam patim nimlocaty arka asinam agny-agare samahitam
- istva
- after worshiping
- agni
- fire
- jihvam
- tongue
- payasa
- by oblation
- purusam
- unto the Supreme Person
- yajusam
- of all sacrifices
- patim
- master
- nimlocati
- while setting
- arke
- the sun
- asinam
- sitting
- agni-agare
- in the sacrificial hall
- samahitam
- completely in trance.
The sun was setting, and the sage was sitting in trance after offering oblations to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, whose tongue is the sacrificial fire.