SB 4.1.62

Devanāgarī

वैतानिके कर्मणि यन्नामभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभि: । आग्नेय्य इष्टयो यज्ञे निरूप्यन्तेऽग्नयस्तु ते ॥ ६२ ॥

Text

vaitānike karmaṇi yan- nāmabhir brahma-vādibhiḥ āgneyya iṣṭayo yajñe nirūpyante ’gnayas tu te

Synonyms

vaitānike—offering of oblations;karmaṇi—the activity;yat—of the fire-gods;nāmabhiḥ—by the names;brahma-vādibhiḥ—by impersonalistbrāhmaṇas;āgneyyaḥ—for Agni;iṣṭayaḥ—sacrifices;yajñe—in the sacrifice;nirūpyante—are the objective;agnayaḥ—the forty-nine fire-gods;tu—but;te—those.

Translation

These forty-nine fire-gods are the beneficiaries of the oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire by impersonalist brāhmaṇas.

Purport