अग्निरुवाच यत्तेजसाहं सुसमिद्धतेजा हव्यं वहे स्वध्वर आज्यसिक्तम् । तं यज्ञियं पञ्चविधं च पञ्चभि: स्विष्टं यजुर्भि: प्रणतोऽस्मि यज्ञम् ॥ ४१ ॥
agnir uvaca yat-tejasaham susamiddha-teja havyam vahe svadhvara ajya-siktam tam yajniyam panca-vidham ca pancabhih svistam yajurbhih pranato ’smi yajnam
- agnih
- the fire-god
- uvaca
- said
- yat-tejasa
- by whose effulgence
- aham
- I
- su-samiddha-tejah
- as luminous as blazing fire
- havyam
- offerings
- vahe
- I am accepting
- su-adhvare
- in the sacrifice
- ajya-siktam
- mixed with butter
- tam
- that
- yajniyam
- the protector of the sacrifice
- panca-vidham
- five
- ca
- and
- pancabhih
- by five
- su-istam
- worshiped
- yajurbhih
- Vedic hymns
- pranatah
- offer respectful obeisances
- asmi
- I
- yajnam
- to Yajna (Visnu)
The fire-god said: My dear Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because by Your favor I am as luminous as blazing fire and I accept the offerings mixed with butter and offered in sacrifice. The five kinds of offerings according to the Yajur Veda are all Your different energies, and You are worshiped by five kinds of Vedic hymns. Sacrifice means Your Supreme Personality of Godhead.