The Mundaka Upanishad : Post-12. Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================== ======================================================================= Wednesday, August 17, 2022. 20:00. Chapter-1, Section-2, Mantram-4. POST-12. ===================================================================== Mantram-4 : Kālī karalī ca mano-javā ca sulohitā yā ca sudhūmravarṇā, sphuliṅginī viśva-rūpī ca devī lelāyamānā iti sapta-jiḥvāḥ (1.2.4). In a properly performed sacrifice, seven flames of the fire are supposed to shoot up, not just one or two. The hungry fire will lap up in seven tongues. The seven tongues have their own names—kālī: the black one; karalī: the blacker one; mano-javā: rapid like the movement of the mind; sulhoitā: reddish in colour; sudhūmravarṇā: brownish in colour; sphuliṅginī: sparking forth; viśva-rūpī: radiant. Devī: divine are the flames. The god Agni himself rises up to receive our offering and take us to the gods so that, in their satisfaction, they lift us up to the abode