Shloka 13
अन्मनिं त्वं यजसे नित्यं कस्माद् ब्राह्मणमर्जुन । स हि सर्वस्य लोकस्य हव्यवाट् कि न वेत्सि तम्
agniṁ tvaṁ yajase nityaṁ kasmād brāhmaṇam arjuna | sa hi sarvasya lokasya havyavāṭ kiṁ na vetsī tam arjuna ||
“Arjuna, why do you worship Agni every day as though he were a Brāhmaṇa? Do you not know him? He is the havyavāha—the bearer of oblations—for all the worlds.” The teaching implied is that Agni is not merely a physical fire but a sacred, priestly principle that mediates between humans and the divine order through sacrifice.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Agni is portrayed as the sacred mediator of yajña—functioning like a priestly (brāhmaṇa) principle—because he carries offerings to the divine across all worlds; daily worship of fire is thus an affirmation of dharma and cosmic reciprocity.
The speaker addresses Arjuna and questions why he performs daily worship of Agni as if Agni were a Brāhmaṇa, then clarifies Agni’s universal role as havyavāha, the conveyor of sacrificial offerings for all worlds.