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Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
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TEXT 2
सर्वास्त्रनां च वायोश्च तन्नासे परमायण । अश्विनोरोषधीनां च घ्राणो मोदप्रमोदयोः ॥ २ ॥
sarvāsūnām ca vāyoś ca tan-nāse paramāyaṇe aśvinor oṣadhīnām ca ghrāṇo moda-pramodayoḥ
sarva—all; asūnām—different kinds of life air; ca—and; vāyoḥ—of the air; ca—also; tat—His; nāse—in the nose; parama-āyaṇe—in the transcendental generating center; aśvinoḥ—of the Aśvinīkumāra demigods; oṣadhīnām—of all medicinal herbs; ca—also; ghrāṇaḥ—His smelling power; moda—pleasure; pramodayoḥ—specific sport.
TRANSLATION
His two nostrils are the generating centers of our breathing and of all other airs, His smelling powers generate the Aśvinīkumāra demigods and all kinds of medicinal herbs, and His breathing energies produce different kinds of fragrance.
TEXT 3
रूपाणां तेजसां चक्षुर्दिवः सूर्यस्य चाक्षिणी । कर्णौ दिशां च तीर्थानां श्रोत्रमाकाशशब्दयोः ॥ ३ ॥
rūpāṇām tejasām cakṣur divaḥ sūryasya cākṣiṇī karṇau diśām ca tīrthānām śrotram ākāśa-śabdayoḥ
rūpāṇām—for all kinds of forms; tejasām—of all that is illuminating; cakṣuḥ—the eyes; divaḥ—that which glitters; sūryasya—of the sun; ca—also; akṣiṇī—the eyeballs; karṇau—the ears; diśām—of all directions; ca—and; tīrthānām—of all the Vedas; śrotram—the sense of hearing; ākāśa—the sky; śabdayoḥ—of all sounds.
TRANSLATION
His eyes are the generating centers of all kinds of forms, and they glitter and illuminate. His eyeballs are like the sun and the heavenly planets. His ears hear from all sides and are receptacles for all the Vedas, and His