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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.27

उत्सिसृक्षोर्धातुमलं निरभिद्यत वै गुदम् । तत: पायुस्ततो मित्र उत्सर्ग उभयाश्रय: ॥ २७ ॥
utsisṛkṣor dhātu-malaṁ
[utsisrikshor dhaatu-malam]
nirabhidyata vai gudam
[nirabhidyata vai gudam]
tataḥ pāyus tato mitra
[tatah paayus tato mitra]
utsarga ubhayāśrayaḥ
[utsarga ubhayaashrayah]
Word-for-word
utsisṛkṣoḥ — desiring to evacuate dhātu-malam — refuse of eatables nirabhidyata — became open vai — certainly gudam — the evacuating hole tataḥ — thereafter pāyuḥ — the evacuating sense organ tataḥ — thereafter mitraḥ — the controlling demigod utsargaḥ — the substance evacuated ubhaya — both āśrayaḥ — shelter.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
utsisṛkṣor dhātu-malaṁ
utsisṛkṣoḥ
desiring to evacuate
dhātu-malam
refuse of eatables
nirabhidyata vai gudam
nirabhidyata
became open
vai
certainly
gudam
the evacuating hole
tataḥ pāyus tato mitra
tataḥ
thereafter
pāyuḥ
the evacuating sense organ
tataḥ
thereafter
mitraḥ
the controlling demigod
utsarga ubhayāśrayaḥ
utsargaḥ
the substance evacuated
ubhaya
both
āśrayaḥ
shelter.
Thereafter, when He desired to evacuate the refuse of eatables, the evacuating hole, anus, and the sensory organ thereof developed along with the controlling deity Mitra. The sensory organ and the evacuating substance are both under the shelter of the controlling deity.
Purport

Even in the matter of evacuating stool, the refuse is controlled, so how can the living entity claim to be independent?

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the universal form desired to expel waste products, the gross anus appeared. Then the sense organ called anus, its devatā Mitra, and the sense object expulsion, dependent on the anus and Mitra, appeared.
Commentary

Desiring to expel the waste products of digested food (dhātu-malam) the anus, the gross location, appeared. The sense organ of excretion (pāyuḥ), the devatā Mitra [Note: In the commentary on 2.6.9 it is explained that the deity is Mṛtyu and Mitra is an assistant.] and the sense object expulsion appeared.

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Personal Guidance
Even evacuation came forth with its own controlling deity Mitra. If even excretion is controlled, what use is the claim of human independence? Humility down to the bowels.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I claim independence in areas that are completely arranged?
  • What humble bodily fact today could remind me how little is actually 'mine'?
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