त्वामष्टधा कल्पयित्वा यज्ञवाहमकल्पयन् । त्वया विश्वमिदं सृष्टं वदन्ति परमर्षय:
tvām aṣṭadhā kalpayitvā yajñavāham akalpayan | tvayā viśvam idaṁ sṛṣṭaṁ vadanti paramarṣayaḥ ||
உன்னை எட்டு வடிவங்களாகக் கருதி, ஞானிகள் உன்னையே யாகத்தின் வாகனமாக நிறுவினர். பரமரிஷிகள் கூறுகின்றனர்— இந்த முழு உலகமும் உன்னாலேயே படைக்கப்பட்டது.
मन्दपाल उवाच
The verse presents a Vedic-theological vision: the divine is understood in an eightfold manifestation and is identified as the sustaining power of yajña (sacrificial order) and as the ultimate creator of the cosmos.
Mandapāla addresses a divine principle (implicitly Agni/the sacrificial fire as cosmic power), praising it as the yajña-bearer conceived in eight forms and affirming, on the authority of the highest seers, that the whole universe originates from it.