यत्पूजया कामदुघान्याति लोकान्गृहान्वित: । ब्राह्मणोऽग्निश्च वै विष्णो: सर्वदेवात्मनो मुखम् ॥ ९ ॥
yat-pujaya kama-dughan yati lokan grhanvitah brahmano ’gnis ca vai visnoh sarva-devatmano mukham
- yat-pujaya
- by worshiping the fire and brahmanas
- kama-dughan
- which fulfill one’s desires
- yati
- one goes
- lokan
- to the destination of the higher planeary system
- grha-anvitah
- a person attached to household life
- brahmanah
- the brahmanas
- agnih ca
- and the fire
- vai
- indeed
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- sarva-deva-atmanah
- the soul of all the demigods
- mukham
- the mouth.
By worshiping the fire and the brahmanas, a householder can achieve the desired goal of residing in the higher planes, for the sacrificial fire and the brahmanas are to be considered the mouth of Lord Visnu, who is the Supersoul of all the demigods.