Shloka 23
Devanagari script
मन्दपाल उवाच त्वमग्ने सर्वलोकानां मुखं त्वमसि हव्यवाट्,मन्दपालने कहा--अग्निदेव! आप सब लोकोंके मुख हैं, आप ही देवताओंको हविष्य पहुँचाते हैं
Transliteration
Mandapāla uvāca: tvam agne sarvalokānāṁ mukhaṁ tvam asi havyavāṭ.
Translation
منڈپال نے کہا—“اے اگنی دیو! تم سبھی لوکوں کے مُنہ ہو؛ تم ہی ہویَوَاہ ہو—تمہارے ہی ذریعے آہوتیاں دیوتاؤں تک پہنچتی ہیں۔”
Word by Word
मन्दपालःMandapala
मन्दपालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दपाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सर्वलोकानाम्of all worlds
सर्वलोकानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वलोक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मुखम्mouth; face
मुखम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमुख
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
असिare
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Second, Singular
हव्यवाट्carrier of oblations (Agni)
हव्यवाट्:
TypeNoun
Rootहव्यवाट्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
मन्दपाल उवाच
Characters & Entities
म
मन्दपाल (Mandapāla)अ
अग्नि (Agni)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Agni is praised as the universal mediator of sacrifice: offerings gain sacred efficacy because Fire functions as the ‘mouth’ that receives and transmits them to the gods, linking human duty (yajña) with cosmic order.
Mandapāla addresses Agni directly in a reverential invocation, establishing Agni’s authority and role before making a plea or request, grounding the appeal in Agni’s sacrificial and cosmic function.