Shloka 20
Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)
एवमग्निर्भगवता नष्ट: पूर्वमथर्वणा । आहूत: सर्वभूतानां हव्यं वहति सर्वदा,इस प्रकार पूर्वकालमें अदृश्य हुए अग्निको भगवान् अंगिराने फिर बुलाया। जिससे प्रकट होकर वे सदा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंका हविष्य वहन करते हैं
evam agnir bhagavatā naṣṭaḥ pūrvam atharvaṇā | āhūtaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ havyaṁ vahati sarvadā ||
Ainsi, jadis, Agni avait disparu ; alors le vénérable Atharvan l’invoqua de nouveau. Réapparu, Agni porte sans cesse les oblations sacrificielles (havis) pour tous les êtres, rétablissant le cours prescrit du culte et l’ordre cosmique.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When sacred order is disrupted (Agni’s disappearance), it is restored through rightful Vedic action and invocation; Agni’s role as carrier of offerings symbolizes the maintenance of dharma and the proper channel between beings and the divine.
Mārkaṇḍeya recounts an earlier episode in which Agni vanished; the seer Atharvan summoned him back, after which Agni again became manifest and continuously bore the oblations offered on behalf of all beings.