तस्याग्निरास्यं निर्भिन्नं लोकपालोऽविशत्पदम् । वाचा स्वांशेन वक्तव्यं ययासौ प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२ ॥
tasyagnir asyam nirbhinnam loka-palo ’visat padam vaca svamsena vaktavyam yayasau pratipadyate
- tasya
- His
- agnih
- fire
- asyam
- mouth
- nirbhinnam
- thus separated
- loka-palah
- the directors of material affairs
- avisat
- entered
- padam
- respective positions
- vaca
- by words
- sva-amsena
- by one’s own part
- vaktavyam
- speeches
- yaya
- by which
- asau
- they
- pratipadyate
- express.
Agni, or heat, separated from His mouth, and all the directors of material affairs entered into it in their respective positions. By that energy the living entity expresses himself in words.