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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 12]
TRANSLATION
Religion was manifested from the breast of Brahmā, wherein is seated the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa, and irreligion appeared from his back, where horrible death takes place for the living entity.
PURPORT
That religion was manifested from the place where the Personality of Godhead is personally situated is very significant because religion means devotional service to the Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  as well as the  Bhāgavatam . In  Bhagavad-gītā  the last instruction is to give up all other engagements in the name of religion and take shelter of the Personality of Godhead. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also confirms that the highest perfection of religion is that which leads to the devotional service of the Lord, unmotivated and unhampered by material impediments. Religion in its perfect form is the devotional service of the Lord, and irreligion is just the opposite. The heart is the most important part of the body, whereas the back is the most neglected part. When one is attacked by an enemy one is apt to endure attacks from the back and protect himself carefully from all attacks on the chest. All types of irreligion spring from the back of Brahmā, whereas real religion, the devotional service of the Lord, is generated from the chest, the seat of Nārāyaṇa. Anything which does not lead to the devotional service of the Lord is irreligion, and anything which leads to the devotional service of the Lord is called religion.
TEXT 26
हृदि कामो भुवः क्रोधो लोभश्चाधरदच्छदात् ! आस्याद्वाक्सिन्धवो मेदान्निर्ऋतिः पायोरघाश्रयः ॥२६॥
hṛdi kāmo bhruvaḥ krodho lobhaś cādharadacchadāt āsyād vāk sindhavo meḍhrān nirṛtiḥ pāyor aghāśrayaḥ
hṛdi—from the heart; kāmaḥ—lust; bhruvaḥ—from the eyebrows; krodhaḥ—anger; lobhaḥ—greed; ca—also; adhara-dacchadāt—from between the lips; āsyāt—from the mouth; vāk—speaking; sindhavaḥ—the seas; meḍhrāt—from the penis; nirṛtiḥ—low activities; pāyoḥ—from the anus; agha-āśrayaḥ—reservoir of all vices.