Verse 2.2.48

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.48:

वितायमानेषु महा-मखेषु तैर् महर्षिभिर् भक्ति-परैः सहस्रशः ।
मखाग्नि-मध्ये प्रभुर् उत्थितः स्फुरन् मखेश्वरः क्रीडति यज्ञ-भाग-भूक् ॥ ४८ ॥

vitāyamāneṣu mahā-makheṣu tair maharṣibhir bhakti-paraiḥ sahasraśaḥ |
makhāgni-madhye prabhur utthitaḥ sphuran makheśvaraḥ krīḍati yajña-bhāga-bhūk || 48 ||

vitāyamāneṣu–within extensive; mahā-makheṣu–great sacrifices; taiḥ–by them; mahā-ṛṣibhiḥ–the great sages; bhakti-paraiḥ–very devoted; sahasraśaḥ–by the thousands; makha-agni-madhye–in the midst of the sacrificial fire; prabhuḥ–the Lord; utthitaḥ–risen; sphuran–manifesting; makha-īśvaraḥ–the Lord of sacrifices; krīḍati–sports; yajña–of the sacrifice; bhāga–the portion; bhuk–eating.

There, thousands of great sages absorbed in loving devotion to Bhagavān were conducting lavish fire sacrifices under Bhṛgu’s leadership. Yajñeśvara, effulgent with sacred flames, was personally manifesting from the sacrifices and enjoying the pastime of accepting the offerings.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

With great eagerness, Śrī Gopa-kumāra briefly describes the enchanting opulence of that place in two verses, beginning here with vitāyamāneṣu. He says, “Headed by Bhṛgu, thousands of maharṣis, free from material desires and absorbed in loving devotion, were engaged in performing magnificent sacrifices. From the blazing fires of the yajñas, Yajñeśvara Himself, the Lord of sacrifice, would manifest. Even more dazzling than the flames themselves, He would appear and enjoy His pastime of accepting and eating all the sacrificial offerings.”