मन्दपाल उवाच
त्वम् अग्ने सर्वदेवानां मुखं त्वम् असि हव्यवाट् ॥
त्वम् अन्तः सर्वभूतानां गूढश् चरसि पावक ॥
त्वाम् एकम् आहुः कवयस् त्वाम् आहुस् त्रिविधं पुनः ॥
त्वाम् अष्टधा कल्पयित्वा यज्ञवाहम् अकल्पयन् ॥
mandapāla uvāca
tvam agne sarvadevānāṃ mukhaṃ tvam asi havyavāṭ ||
tvam antaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ gūḍhaś carasi pāvaka ||
tvām ekam āhuḥ kavayas tvām āhus trividhaṃ punaḥ ||
tvām aṣṭadhā kalpayitvā yajñavāham akalpayan ||
Mandapala said: "You, Agni, are the mouth of all the gods; you are the bearer of oblations; you move within all beings, hidden, O Pavaka; the seers call you one, and yet they call you threefold; having fashioned you eightfold, they made you the bearer of sacrifice."
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Here Agni is glorified as the one hidden within all that exists. It is telling in the phrase "you move within all beings, hidden" -- a single fiery spirit dwells in all things. Here shines a reflection of the truth of the one principle immanent in creation; behind Agni's many forms one Lord who animates everything can be discerned. So the scripture reveals Agni's greatness; and the praise ascends to the One made manifest in many forms.