अयं वै लोकोऽग्निर्गौतम ।तस्य पृथिव्येव समिद् अग्निर्धूमो रात्रिरर्चिश्चन्द्रमा अङ्गारा नक्षत्राणि विष्फुलिङ्गास्तस्मिन्नेतस्मिन्नग्नौ देवा वृष्टिं जुह्वति तस्या आहुत्या अन्नँ सम्भवति
ayaṃ vai loko'gnirgautama | tasya pṛthivyeva samid agnirdhūmo rātrirarciścandramā aṅgārā nakṣatrāṇi viṣphuliṅgāstasminnetasminnagnau devā vṛṣṭiṃ juhvati tasyā āhutyā annam̐ sambhavati
अर्थMeaning
'The altar, O Gautama, is this world ; the fuel is the earth itself, the smoke the fire, the light the night, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars. On that altar the Devas offer rain. From that oblation rises food.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'गौतम, यह लोक ही अग्नि है। उसका समिधा पृथिवी है, धूम अग्नि है, अर्चिः रात्रि है, अंगारे चन्द्रमा है, स्फुलिंग नक्षत्र हैं। उस अग्नि में देव वृष्टि की आहुति देते हैं। उस आहुति से अन्न उत्पन्न होता है।'
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