A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.656

c5.656

In the Bhāgavata Purāna Brahmā is represented as saying, “In my sacrifice Bhagavat himself was Haya-śirsha, the male of the sacrifice, whose colour is that of gold, of whom the Vedas and the sacrifices are the substance and the gods the soul; when he respired, charming words came forth from his nostrils.”