Yajurved Chapter 5 Mantra 1

Yajurved Chapter 5 Mantra 1 - Agne TanuH Asi, Somasya Tanuh Asi

Sanskrit

अग्ने तनुः असि। विष्णवे त्वा। सोमस्य तनुः असि। विष्णवे त्वा। अतिथेः आतिथ्यं असि। विष्णवे त्वा। श्येनाय त्वा। सोमभृत इति सोमभृते। विष्णवे त्वा। अग्नये त्वा। रायस्पोषद इति रायस्पोषदे। विष्णवे त्वा।

Explanation

This mantra affirms twice that the Supreme God possesses a divine body. It reveals that the Eternal God has a form, which He uses to nourish and guide all beings. When God descends to this world to impart Tatvagyan (true spiritual knowledge) to His devotees, He does not come in an ordinary form. Instead, He manifests by covering His radiant, eternal body with a form made of subtle, luminous elements. This subtle appearance allows Him to interact with the physical world while retaining His divine nature. The repetition of the phrase in the mantra emphasizes the certainty of God's embodied presence.

Agne tanuh asi. Vishnave tva Somasya tanuh asi – This means "O Supreme God (Agni), You have a body."

It refutes the common misconception that God is formless. The mantra clearly states that the Supreme Being has a form — not made of flesh and bones like ordinary beings, but of divine light and consciousness. Agni here refers to Param Akshar Brahm, the Supreme God, who manifests in a visible human-like form to guide and liberate souls.

Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj has revealed that this Supreme God is KavirDev (God Kabir), who appears in every age in a visible, human-like form, to grant salvation to trapped souls and to destroy ignorance caused by false spiritual practices.