agnirvai sarvā devatāḥ / agnau hi sarvābhyo devatābhyo juhvati tadyathā sarvā devatā upadhāvedevaṃ tattasmādagnaya eva // agnirvai devānāmaddhātamām /
Agni (the fire), assuredly, represents all the deities, since it is in the fire that they make offering to all deities: to Agni alone therefore (he should announce it), since he thereby has recourse to all the deities.