अश्नात्यनन्त: खलु तत्त्वकोविदै: श्रद्धाहुतं यन्मुख इज्यनामभि: । न वै तथा चेतनया बहिष्कृते हुताशने पारमहंस्यपर्यगु: ॥ ४१ ॥
asnaty anantah khalu tattva-kovidaih sraddha-hutam yan-mukha ijya-namabhih na vai tatha cetanaya bahis-krte hutasane paramahamsya-paryaguh
- asnati
- eats
- anantah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- khalu
- nevertheless
- tattva-kovidaih
- persons in knowledge of the Absolute Truth
- sraddha
- faith
- hutam
- offering fire sacrifices
- yat-mukhe
- whose mouth
- ijya-namabhih
- by different names of demigods
- na
- never
- vai
- certainly
- tatha
- as much
- cetanaya
- by living force
- bahih-krte
- being bereft of
- huta-asane
- in the fire sacrifice
- paramahamsya
- regarding devotees
- paryaguh
- never goes away
Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Ananta, eats through the fire sacrifices offered in the names of the different demigods, He does not take as much pleasure in eating through fire as He does in accepting offerings through the mouths of learned sages and devotees, for then He does not leave the association of devotees.