Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.59
नाड्योऽस्य निरभिद्यन्त ताभ्यो लोहितमाभृतम् ।
नद्यस्तत: समभवन्नुदरं निरभिद्यत ॥ ५९ ॥
nāḍyo ’sya nirabhidyanta
[naadyo ’sya nirabhidyanta]
tābhyo lohitam ābhṛtam
[taabhyo lohitam aabhritam]
nadyas tataḥ samabhavann
[nadyas tatah samabhavann]
udaraṁ nirabhidyata
[udaram nirabhidyata]
Word-for-word
nāḍyaḥ
—
the veins
asya
—
of the universal form
nirabhidyanta
—
became manifested
tābhyaḥ
—
from them
lohitam
—
blood
ābhṛtam
—
was produced
nadyaḥ
—
the rivers
tataḥ
—
from that
samabhavan
—
appeared
udaram
—
the stomach
nirabhidyata
—
became manifested.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nāḍyo ’sya nirabhidyanta
nāḍyaḥ
the veins
tābhyo lohitam ābhṛtam
nadyas tataḥ samabhavann
asya
of the universal form
udaraṁ nirabhidyata
nirabhidyanta
became manifested
tābhyaḥ
from them
lohitam
blood
ābhṛtam
was produced
nadyaḥ
the rivers
tataḥ
from that
samabhavan
appeared
udaram
the stomach
nirabhidyata
became manifested.
The veins of the universal body became manifested and thereafter the red corpuscles, or blood. In their wake came the rivers (the deities presiding over the veins), and then appeared an abdomen.
Purport
Blood veins are compared to rivers; when the veins were manifested in the universal form, the rivers in the various planets were also manifested. The controlling deity of the rivers is also the controlling deity of the nervous system. In Āyurvedic treatment, those who are suffering from the disease of nervous instability are recommended to take a bath by dipping into a flowing river.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The veins of the universal form appeared and then sense organ which spreads blood and other substances. The devatās of the veins, rivers, appeared. Then the stomach appeared.
Lohitam means the sense organ which distributes blood and other substances. Ābhṛtam means “appeared.”
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Personal Guidance
The verse describes a universe that is not a random stage but an arrangement with a purpose. Our work is not to engineer that purpose but to find our seat within it.
Reflection Questions
- What would change in your prayer if you remembered how small your sphere actually is?
- How could awe of the creation become a daily practice and not just a Sunday feeling?
My note
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