स्तम्बमित्र उवाच
सर्वम् अग्ने त्वम् एवैकस् त्वयि सर्वम् इदं जगत् ॥
त्वं धारयसि भूतानि भुवनं त्वं बिभर्षि च ॥
त्वम् अग्निर् हव्यवाहस् त्वं त्वम् एव परमं हविः ॥
मनीषिणस् त्वां यजन्ते बहुधा चैकधैव च ॥
stambamitra uvāca
sarvam agne tvam evaikas tvayi sarvam idaṃ jagat ||
tvaṃ dhārayasi bhūtāni bhuvanaṃ tvaṃ bibharṣi ca ||
tvam agnir havyavāhas tvaṃ tvam eva paramaṃ haviḥ ||
manīṣiṇas tvāṃ yajante bahudhā caikadhaiva ca ||
Stambamitra said: "All, Agni, you alone are; in you is this whole world; you sustain all beings and bear the universe; you are Agni, the bearer of oblations; you are also the highest offering itself; the wise offer sacrifice to you -- both in many forms, and in one alone."
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Here Agni is contemplated as the one that encompasses all. It is significant that he is both the bearer of the offering and the offering itself: the offerer and the offered are one. Herein lies the truth of the One: the priest, the offering, and the receiver are all in Him; behind the diversity of rites stands worship of the One. Thus scripture reveals unity in Agni -- and the many and the one converge in Him.