Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 122
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
वयं च भगवन् सर्वे जगच्च सचराचरम् | तवैव प्रसवा: सर्वे तस्मादग्निर्विभावसु:
vayaṃ ca bhagavan sarve jagac ca sacarācaram | tavaiva prasavāḥ sarve tasmād agnir vibhāvasuḥ ||
Vasiṣṭha said: “O Blessed Lord, we all—and indeed the entire universe with all that moves and all that is unmoving—are born from You alone. Therefore Agni, the radiant Fire, is (also) Your own offspring.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
All beings and the entire cosmos—animate and inanimate—are presented as emanating from the Supreme Lord; even Agni (Fire), a major Vedic deity, is affirmed as deriving from that one source, emphasizing divine sovereignty and the unity of creation.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a revered Lord and, in a tone of theological affirmation, declares that the whole world is the Lord’s progeny; he then specifically cites Agni (Vibhāvasu) as an example, reinforcing the Lord’s status as the ultimate origin.