सत्रे ममास भगवान्हयशीरषाथो साक्षात्स यज्ञपुरुषस्तपनीयवर्णः छन्दोमयो मखमयो ऽखिलदेवतात्मा वाचो बभूवुरुशतीः श्वसतो ऽस्य नस्तः
satre mamāsa bhagavān haya-śīraṣātho sākṣāt sa yajña-puruṣas tapanīya-varṇaḥ chandomayo makhamayo 'khila-devatātmā vāco babhūvur uśatīḥ śvasato 'sya nastaḥ
Synonyms
satre—in the sacrificial ceremony; mama—of mine; āsa—appeared; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; haya-śīraṣā—with His horselike head; atha—thus; sākṣāt—directly; saḥ—He; yajña-puruṣaḥ—the person who is pleased by performances of sacrifice; tapanīya—golden; varṇaḥ—hue; chandomayaḥ—personified Vedic hymns; makhamayaḥ—personified sacrifices; akhila—all that be; devatā-ātmā—soul of the demigods; vācaḥ—sounds; babhūvuḥ—become audible; uśatīḥ—very pleasing to hear; śvasataḥ—while breathing; asya—His; nastaḥ—through the nostrils..
Translation
The Lord appeared as the Hayagrīva incarnation in the sacrifice performed by Brahmā. He was the personified sacrifices, and the hue of His body was golden. He is the personified Vedas as well, and the Supersoul of all demigods. When He breathed, all the sweet sounds of the Vedic hymns came out of His nostrils.
Purport
The Vedic hymns are generally meant for sacrifices to be performed by the fruitive workers who also want to satisfy the demigods to achieve their fruitive result. But the Lord is the personified sacrifices and personified Vedic hymns. Therefore one who is directly a devotee of the Lord is a person who has automatically both served the purposes of sacrifices and pleased the demigods. The devotees of the Lord may not perform any sacrifice or may not please the demigods as per Vedic injunctions, and still the devotee is on a higher level than the fruitive workers or the worshipers of different demigods.