Shloka 19

Names of Regions and Mountains: Ramaṇaka, Hiraṇmaya, Airāvata, and the Turn to Vaikuṇṭha

Devanagari script

स यज्ञः सर्वभूतानामास्यं तस्य हुताशनः

Transliteration

sa yajñaḥ sarvabhūtānāmāsyaṃ tasya hutāśanaḥ

Translation

彼即祭祀之瑜伽（Yajña），为一切众生之口；而阿耆尼（Agni），受供之火，即为其吞噬之焰。

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्वभूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि भूतानि)

• आस्यम्: mouth/face
• आस्यम्: Karmadhāraya/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हुताशनः: fire (the eater of offerings)
• हुताशनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत + अशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हुतं अश्नाति इति/हुतं अश्नन्)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/teacher voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सर्वभूतानामास्यं = सर्वभूतानाम् + आस्यम् (म् + आ → मा); श्लोके ‘स यज्ञः …’ इत्यत्र ‘सः’ विसर्गलोपः पदच्छेदे पुनः स्थाप्यः।

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Agni (Hutāśana)

FAQs

What does it mean that Yajña is the “mouth of all beings”?

It presents sacrifice as a universal channel of nourishment and exchange: offerings made through Yajña symbolically feed and sustain the cosmic community of beings.

Why is Agni called Hutāśana here?

Hutāśana literally means “the eater of oblations”; Agni is the ritual fire that receives offerings and conveys them to the divine sphere, making him central to Yajña.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does this verse emphasize?

It highlights reverence for sacrificial duty and disciplined giving—teaching that offering (with order and intention) sustains harmony between humans, nature, and the divine.