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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 26 ]
TRANSLATION
Then the universal form of the Lord, the virāṭa-puruṣa, manifested His skin, and thereupon the hair, mustache and beard appeared. After this all the herbs and drugs became manifested, and then His genitals also appeared.
PURPORT
The skin is the site of the touch sensation. The demigods who control the production of herbs and medicinal drugs are the presiding deities over the tactile sense.
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रेतस्तसादाप आसन्निरभिधत वै गुदम् । गुदादपानोऽपानाच मृत्युलोकमयकृतः ॥५७॥
retas tasmād āpa āsan nirabhidyata vai gudam gudād apāno 'pānāc ca mṛtyur loka-bhayaṅkaraḥ
retaḥ —semina;  tasmāt —from that;  āpaḥ —the god who presides over the waters;  āsan —appeared;  nirabhidyata —was manifested;  vai —indeed;  gudam —an anus;  gudād —from the anus;  apānaḥ —the organ of defecation;  apānāt —from the organ of defecation;  ca —and;  mṛtyuḥ —death;  loka-bhayam-karaḥ —causing fear throughout the universe.
TRANSLATION
After this, semina (the faculty of procreation) and the god who presides over the waters appeared. Next appeared an anus and then the organ of defecation and thereupon the god of death, who is feared throughout the universe.
PURPORT
It is understood herewith that the faculty to discharge semina is the cause of death. Therefore,  yogīs  and transcendentalists who want to live for greater spans of life voluntarily restrain themselves from discharging semina. The more one can restrain the discharge of semina, the more one can be aloof from the problem of death. There are many  yogīs  living up to 300 or 700 years by this process, and in the  Bhāgavatam  it is clearly