SB 4.1.62 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

वैतानिके कर्मणि यन्नामभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभि: । आग्नेय्य इष्टयो यज्ञे निरूप्यन्तेऽग्नयस्तु ते ॥ ६२ ॥

Verse text

vaitānike karmaṇi yan- nāmabhir brahma-vādibhiḥ āgneyya iṣṭayo yajṣe nirūpyante ’gnayas tu te

Synonyms

vaitānike — offering of oblations ; karmaṇi — the activity ; yat — of the fire-gods ; nāmabhiḥ — by the names ; brahma — vādibhiḥ — by impersonalist brāhmaṇas ; āgneyyaḥ — for Agni ; iṣṭayaḥ — sacrifices ; yajṣe — in the sacrifice ; nirūpyante — are the objective ; agnayaḥ — the forty-nine fire-gods ; tu — but ; te — those .

Translation

These forty-nine fire-gods are the beneficiaries of the oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire by impersonalist brāhmaṇas.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

These are the forty-nine persons with whose names the offerings related to Agni are performed by followers of the Vedas in Vedic rites of sacrifice. By the names of these forty-nine devatās, offerings are performed (nirūpyante) in Vedic (vaitānike) actions of sacrifice. These are not the common fires, and thus there is no waste in having so many.

Purport

Impersonalists who perform Vedic fruitive sacrifices are attracted to the various fire-gods and offer oblations in their name. The forty-nine fire-gods are described herewith.