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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 29]
spiritual activities and is thus misled. The entire world is going on being misled by so-called leaders like scientists and philosophers who have no knowledge of the spirit soul. Thus the conditioned soul becomes more and more entangled.
TEXT 9
अक्षिणी नासिके आस्यमिति पञ्चपुरः कृताः । 
  दक्षिणा दक्षिणः कर्ण उत्तरा चोत्तरः स्मृतः । 
  पश्चिमे इत्यधोद्वारौ गुदं शिश्नमिहोच्यते ॥ ९ ॥
akṣiṇī nāsike āsyam 
  iti pañca puraḥ kṛtāḥ 
  dakṣiṇā dakṣiṇaḥ karṇa 
  uttarā cottaraḥ smṛtaḥ 
  paścime ity adho dvārau 
  gudam śiśnam ihocyate
akṣiṇī —two eyes;  nāsike —two nostrils;  āsyam —the mouth;  iti —thus;  pañca —five;  puraḥ —on the front;  kṛtāḥ —made;  dakṣiṇā —southern gate;  dakṣiṇaḥ —right;  karṇaḥ —ear;  uttarā —northern gate;  ca —also;  uttaraḥ —left ear;  smṛtaḥ —understood;  paścime —on the west;  iti —thus;  adhaḥ —downwards;  dvārau —two gates;  gudam —rectum;  śiśnam —genital;  iha —here;  ucyate —is said.
TRANSLATION
Two eyes, two nostrils and a mouth—all together five—are situated in the front. The right ear is accepted as the southern gate, and the left ear as the northern gate. The two holes or gates situated in the west are known as the rectum and genital.
PURPORT
Of all the sides, the eastern is considered most important, primarily because the sun rises from that direction. The gates on the eastern side—the eyes, nose and mouth—are thus very important gates in the body.
TEXT 10
स्वधोताऽऽविर्गुखी चात्र नेत्रे एकत्र निर्मिते । 
  रूपं विभ्राजितं ताभ्यां विचष्टे चक्षुषेश्वरः ॥ १० ॥