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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.29

आदित्सोरन्नपानानामासन् कुक्ष्यन्त्रनाडय: । नद्य: समुद्राश्च तयोस्तुष्टि: पुष्टिस्तदाश्रये ॥ २९ ॥
āditsor anna-pānānām
[aaditsor anna-paanaanaam]
āsan kukṣy-antra-nāḍayaḥ
[aasan kukshy-antra-naadayah]
nadyaḥ samudrāś ca tayos
[nadyah samudraash cha tayos]
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭis tad-āśraye
[tushtih pushtis tad-aashraye]
Word-for-word
āditsoḥ — desiring to have anna-pānānām — of food and drink āsan — there became kukṣi — the abdomen antra — the intestines nāḍayaḥ — and the arteries nadyaḥ — the rivers samudrāḥ — seas ca — also tayoḥ — of them tuṣṭiḥ — sustenance puṣṭiḥ — metabolism tat — of them āśraye — the source.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
āditsor anna-pānānām
āditsoḥ
desiring to have
anna-pānānām
of food and drink
āsan kukṣy-antra-nāḍayaḥ
āsan
there became
kukṣi
the abdomen
antra
the intestines
nāḍayaḥ
and the arteries
nadyaḥ samudrāś ca tayos
nadyaḥ
the rivers
samudrāḥ
seas
ca
also
tayoḥ
of them
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭis tad-āśraye
tuṣṭiḥ
sustenance
puṣṭiḥ
metabolism
tat
of them
āśraye
the source.
When there was a desire to have food and drink, the abdomen and the intestines and also the arteries became manifested. The rivers and seas are the source of their sustenance and metabolism.
Purport

The controlling deities of the intestines are the rivers, and those of the arteries, the seas. Fulfillment of the belly with food and drink is the cause of sustenance, and the metabolism of the food and drink replaces the waste of the bodily energies. Therefore, the body’s health is dependent on healthy actions of the intestines and the arteries. The rivers and the seas, being the controlling deities of the two, keep the intestines and the arteries in healthy order.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the universal form desired to take in food and drink, the location of the abdomen, the sense organs in the form of the intestines and veins, their devatās the rivers and oceans, and their sense objects, fullness from food and fullness from liquids, which take shelter of the sense organs and their devatās, appeared.
Commentary

When the universal form desired to consume food and drink, the abdomen, intestine and veins appeared. The abdomen is the location. The sense organ is located in the intestines which absorbs the food. The veins are the sense organs which absorb liquids. The devatās of the veins are the rivers and the devatā of the intestines is the ocean. Tuṣṭi means the fullness of the belly and puṣṭi means fullness because of taste. Tuṣṭi is the sense object dependent on the intestines and the ocean, and puṣṭi is the sense object dependent on the veins and rivers.

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Personal Guidance
Abdomen, intestines, and arteries came from the desire for food and drink. Rivers and seas are their controlling deities — so the health of the body is held in arrangement with the health of waters. Macrocosm and microcosm interlock.
Reflection Questions
  • How does my caring for waters of the world connect to my caring for my own gut and arteries?
  • What change in eating or drinking would honor this arrangement?
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