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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.6.9

पायुर्यमस्य मित्रस्य परिमोक्षस्य नारद । हिंसाया निऋर्तेर्मृत्योर्निरयस्य गुदं स्मृत: ॥ ९ ॥
pāyur yamasya mitrasya
[paayur yamasya mitrasya]
parimokṣasya nārada
[parimokshasya naarada]
hiṁsāyā nirṛter mṛtyor
[himsaayaa nirriter mrityor]
nirayasya gudaṁ smṛtaḥ
[nirayasya gudam smritah]
Word-for-word
pāyuḥ — the evacuating outlet yamasya — the controlling deity of death mitrasya — of Mitra parimokṣasya — of the evacuating hole nārada — O Nārada hiṁsāyāḥ — of envy nirṛteḥ — of misfortune mṛtyoḥ — of death nirayasya — of hell gudam — the rectum smṛtaḥ — is understood.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pāyur yamasya mitrasya
pāyuḥ
the evacuating outlet
yamasya
the controlling deity of death
mitrasya
of Mitra
parimokṣasya nārada
parimokṣasya
of the evacuating hole
nārada
O Nārada
hiṁsāyā nirṛter mṛtyor
hiṁsāyāḥ
of envy
nirṛteḥ
of misfortune
mṛtyoḥ
of death
nirayasya gudaṁ smṛtaḥ
nirayasya
of hell
gudam
the rectum
smṛtaḥ
is understood.
O Nārada, the evacuating outlet of the universal form of the Lord is the abode of the controlling deity of death, Mitra, and the evacuating hole and the rectum of the Lord is the place of envy, misfortune, death, hell, etc.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Nārada! From the Lord’s evacuation organ arose Yama, Mitra and evacuation. From the place of evacuation arose violence, poverty, its presiding deity Mṛtyu and hell.
Commentary

Pāyuḥ is the sense organ of evacuation. Guḍam is the place of evacuation. Parimokṣasya means evacuation. Niṛṛteḥ means of poverty. Mṛtyoḥ indicates the presiding deity of the place of evacuation. However, from a previous verse (SB 2.5.30) it was indicated that Mitra was the presiding deity of the anus. In support of the present verse, later it is said gudaṁ mṛtyur apānena nodatiṣṭhet tato virāṭ (SB 3.26.66): Mṛtyu entered with apāṇa but the Lord did not arise. In the present verse Mitra is also mentioned, but it should be understood that he is an assistant to Mṛtyu. To say that Mitra is the presiding deity of the evacuating organ (whereas Mṛtyu is the presiding deity of the place of evacuation) is not accepted since it will break the regularity of presentation in the descriptions (by introducing a second deity for an organ).

Related values & verses
Related verses
SB 2.5.30 SB 3.26.66
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Even death, envy, hell, and misfortune are situated somewhere on the cosmic Body — they are not outside the divine order. Difficult realities exist in their proper place. Nothing in the cosmos is finally unaccounted for.
Reflection Questions
  • What painful reality am I treating as an exception to divine order rather than as having its place?
  • How does it steady me to know that even the dark corners are 'on Him'?
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