Shloka 11
नारद-देवमत-संवादः
Nārada–Devamata Dialogue on Prāṇa, Apāna, and Udāna
तस्य धूमस्तमो रूप॑ रजो भस्मसु तेजस: । सर्व संजायते तस्य यत्र प्रक्षिप्पते हवि:
tasya dhūmas tamo-rūpaḥ rajo bhasmasu tejasāḥ | sarvaṃ saṃjāyate tasya yatra prakṣipyate haviḥ ||
那罗陀说道：“彼圣火之烟，具昏暗之性（tamas）；其灰，带罗阇斯之质（rajas）；然其本体乃光明。又由此火——为一者而投供物（havis）于其中——此整个世界得以出生。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sacrificial fire symbolizes the divine source of creation: even though its manifestations include tamas-like smoke and rajas-like ash, its essential nature is tejas (luminous power), and from that divine principle the world arises.
Nārada is explaining the significance of Agni in sacrificial context—describing its qualities in terms of the guṇas and stating that when oblations are offered, the fire represents the luminous Lord from whom the universe is generated.