तत्रोपविष्टौ मुदितौ नाकपृष्ठे ऽश्विनाव् इव ॥
अभ्यगच्छत् तदा विप्रो वासुदेवधनंजयौ ॥
बृहच्छालप्रतीकाशः प्रतप्तकनकप्रभः ॥
हरिपिङ्गो हरिश्मश्रुः प्रमाणायामतः समः ॥
तरुणादित्यसंकाशः कृष्णवासा जटाधरः ॥
पद्मपत्राननः पिङ्गस् तेजसा प्रज्वलन्न् इव ॥
tatropaviṣṭau muditau nākapṛṣṭhe 'śvināv iva ||
abhyagacchat tadā vipro vāsudevadhanaṃjayau ||
bṛhacchālapratīkāśaḥ prataptakanakaprabhaḥ ||
haripiṅgo hariśmaśruḥ pramāṇāyāmataḥ samaḥ ||
taruṇādityasaṃkāśaḥ kṛṣṇavāsā jaṭādharaḥ ||
padmapatrānanaḥ piṅgas tejasā prajvalann iva ||
"When they were seated there, joyful, like the two Ashvins on the vault of heaven, a brahmin then approached Vasudeva and Dhananjaya — like a great sala tree, radiant as molten gold, tawny-brown, with a reddish beard, well-proportioned in girth and height, like the youthful sun, clad in black garments, wearing matted locks, with a face like a lotus petal, tawny, as if blazing with radiance."
596bd0a3e9ea · published Jul 12, 2026, 6:11:48 PM UTC
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Here Agni himself appears in the guise of a brahmin. It is significant that the newcomer "blazes with radiance like the youthful sun": his fiery nature shows through his human form. A deity sometimes appears in humble guise, both testing and showing mercy. Thus the scripture reveals Agni's arrival in the form of a brahmin; and his brilliance betrays the god concealed within.