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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.30

ద్యౌరక్షిణీ చక్షురభూత్పతఙ్గ: పక్ష్మాణి విష్ణోరహనీ ఉభే చ । తద్భ్రూవిజృమ్భ: పరమేష్ఠిధిష్ణ్య- మాపోఽస్య తాలు రస ఏవ జిహ్వా ॥ ౩౦ ॥
dyaur akṣiṇī cakṣur abhūt pataṅgaḥ
[dyaur akshinee chakshur abhoot patangah]
pakṣmāṇi viṣṇor ahanī ubhe ca
[pakshmaani vishnor ahanee ubhe cha]
tad-bhrū-vijṛmbhaḥ parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇyam
[tad-bhroo-vijrimbhah parameshthi-dhishnyam]
āpo ’sya tālū rasa eva jihvā
[aapo ’sya taaloo rasa eva jihvaa]
Word-for-word
dyauḥ — the sphere of outer space akṣiṇī — the eyeballs cakṣuḥ — of eyes (senses) abhūt — it so became pataṅgaḥ — the sun pakṣmāṇi — eyelids viṣṇoḥ — of the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Viṣṇu ahanī — day and night ubhe — both ca — and tat — His bhrū — eyebrows vijṛmbhaḥ — movements parameṣṭhi — the supreme entity (Brahmā) dhiṣṇyam — post āpaḥ — Varuṇa, the director of water asya — His tālū — palate rasaḥ — juice eva — certainly jihvā — the tongue.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dyaur akṣiṇī cakṣur abhūt pataṅgaḥ
dyauḥ
the sphere of outer space
akṣiṇī
the eyeballs
cakṣuḥ
of eyes (senses)
abhūt
it so became
pataṅgaḥ
the sun
pakṣmāṇi viṣṇor ahanī ubhe ca
pakṣmāṇi
eyelids
viṣṇoḥ
of the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Viṣṇu
ahanī
day and night
ubhe
both
ca
and
tad-bhrū-vijṛmbhaḥ parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇyam
tat
His
bhrū
eyebrows
vijṛmbhaḥ
movements
parameṣṭhi
the supreme entity (Brahmā)
dhiṣṇyam
post
āpo ’sya tālū rasa eva jihvā
āpaḥ
Varuṇa, the director of water
asya
His
tālū
palate
rasaḥ
juice
eva
certainly
jihvā
the tongue.
The sphere of outer space constitutes His eyepits, and the eyeball is the sun as the power of seeing. His eyelids are both the day and night, and in the movements of His eyebrows, Brahmā and similar supreme personalities reside. His palate is the director of water, Varuṇa, and the juice or essence of everything is His tongue.
Purport

To common sense the description in this verse appears to be somewhat contradictory because sometimes the sun has been described as the eyeball and sometimes as the outer space sphere. But there is no room for common sense in the injunctions of the śāstras. We must accept the description of the śāstras and concentrate more on the form of the virāṭ-rūpa than on common sense. Common sense is always imperfect, whereas the description in the śāstras is always perfect and complete. If there is any incongruity, it is due to our imperfection and not the śāstras’. That is the method of approaching Vedic wisdom.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The sun devatā arises from his eyes and the form arises from his eyes. The day and night are the eyelashes of the form. The abode of Brahmā is the movement of his brow. Varuṇa arises from his palate, and taste arises from his tongue.
Commentary

Dyauh means the heavens. This means that the sun in the heavens is his two eye balls. The sky stands for the sun, just as , when we say “The pavilions screamed” we mean “The people in the pavilions screamed.” Form, the sense object of sight, is his organ of sight. Pataṅga means brilliant form, not the sun. Otherwise this would contradict later statements. It is said rūpāṇāṁ tejasāṁ cakṣur divaḥ sūryaysa cākṣiṇī: his eyes are related to brilliant forms and his eye balls are related to the sun. (SB 2.6.3)

etad vai pauruṣaṁ rūpaṁ bhūḥ pādau dyauḥ śiro nabhaḥ | nābhiḥ sūryo 'kṣiṇī nāse vāyuḥ karṇau diśaḥ prabhoḥ ||

This is the representation of the Supreme Lord as the universal person, in which the earth is his feet, the heavens are his head, the antariṣka is his navel, the sun devatā is his eye balls, the wind devatā is his nostrils, the direction devatās are his ears. SB 12.11.6

Ahanī means day and night. Day can also mean night, by the logic of combining forms which always go together. Parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇyam means the abode of Brahmā. Āpaḥ is Varuṇa. The palate is the place of taste and the tongue is the sense organ of taste.

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