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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.17

ప్రాణేనాక్షిపతా క్షుత్ తృడన్తరా జాయతే విభో: । పిపాసతో జక్షతశ్చ ప్రాఙ్‍ముఖం నిరభిద్యత ॥ ౧౭ ॥
prāṇenākṣipatā kṣut tṛḍ
[praanenaakshipataa kshut trid]
antarā jāyate vibhoḥ
[antaraa jaayate vibhoh]
pipāsato jakṣataś ca
[pipaasato jakshatash cha]
prāṅ mukhaṁ nirabhidyata
[praan mukham nirabhidyata]
prāṇena — by the living force ākṣipatā — being agitated kṣut — hunger tṛṭ — thirst antarā — from within jāyate — generates vibhoḥ — of the Supreme pipāsataḥ — being desirous to quench the thirst jakṣataḥ — being desirous to eat ca — and prāk — at first mukham — the mouth nirabhidyata — was opened.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prāṇenākṣipatā kṣut tṛḍ
prāṇena
by the living force
ākṣipatā
being agitated
kṣut
hunger
tṛṭ
thirst
antarā jāyate vibhoḥ
antarā
from within
jāyate
generates
vibhoḥ
of the Supreme
pipāsato jakṣataś ca
pipāsataḥ
being desirous to quench the thirst
jakṣataḥ
being desirous to eat
ca
and
prāṅ mukhaṁ nirabhidyata
prāk
at first
mukham
the mouth
nirabhidyata
was opened.
The living force, being agitated by the virāṭ-puruṣa, generated hunger and thirst, and when He desired to drink and eat, the mouth opened.

The process by which all living beings in the womb of the mother develop their sense organs and sense perceptions appears to follow the same principles in the case of the virāṭ-puruṣa, the sum total of all living entities. Therefore the supreme cause of all generation is not impersonal or without desire. The desires for all kinds of sense perception and sense organs exist in the Supreme, and thus they take place in the individual persons. This desire is the nature of the supreme living being, the Absolute Truth. Because He has the sum total of all mouths, the individual living entities have mouths. Similarly with all other senses and sense organs. Here the mouth is the symbolic representation of all sense organs, for the same principles apply to the others also.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Being stimulated by the sūtra, hunger and thirst appeared within the universal form. He desired to drink and eat. First the mouth became distinct.
Commentary

Being agitated by sūtra, hunger and thirst arose within the universal form (vibhoḥ). This form is addressed as the lord because the form is being worshipped with respect. The universal form is here being attributed to be the Supreme Lord. Then the form desired to eat and drink. First the mouth became distinct (nirabhidyata).

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