Shloka 5
प्रथमेनाज्यभागेन पूज्यते योडग्निरध्वरे । अग्निस्तस्य भरद्वाज: प्रथम: पुत्र उच्यते,यज्ञमें प्रथभ आज्यभागके द्वारा जिस अग्निकी पूजा की जाती है, वही शंयुका ज्येष्ठ पुत्र “भरद्वाज” नामक अग्नि बताया जाता है
prathamenājyabhāgena pūjyate yo 'gnir adhvare | agnis tasya bharadvājaḥ prathamaḥ putra ucyate ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “That Agni who, in a sacrificial rite, is honored first with the initial oblation of clarified butter—of him, the fire named Bharadvāja is spoken of as the first-born son.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes ritual precedence and sacred order: Agni is honored first in sacrifice with the initial ghee-offering, and this primacy is mirrored in a mythic genealogy by naming Bharadvāja as Agni’s ‘first-born’—linking correct worship (vidhi) with cosmic hierarchy.
Mārkaṇḍeya is describing a tradition about sacrificial practice and the lineage/names associated with Agni. He identifies the Agni who receives the first ājya-offering in an adhvara and states that Bharadvāja is regarded as that Agni’s first son.