Text 19] Bhagavatam is the Answer 571

TEXT 18

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Tat AAA ag fare aisha 12II

mukhatas talu nirbhinnam
jihva tatropajayate
tato nanG-raso jajiie
Jihvaya yo “dhigamyate
mukhatah—from the mouth; talu—the palate; nirbhinnam—being gener-
ated; jihva—the tongue; tatra—thereupon; upajayate—becomes manifested;
tatah—thereupon; ndnd-rasah—various tastes; jajie—became manifested;
jihvaya—by the tongue; yah—which; adhigam yate—become relished.

TRANSLATION

From the mouth the palate became manifested, and thereupon the
tongue was also generated. After this all the different tastes came into
existence so that the tongue can relish them.

PURPORT

This gradual process of evolution suggests the explanation of the con-
trolling deities (adhidaiva) because Varuna is the controlling deity for all
relishable juices. Therefore the mouth becomes the resting place for the
tongue, which tastes all the different juices of which the controlling deity
is the Varuna. It suggests, therefore, that Varuna was also generated along
with the development of the tongue. The tongue and the palate, being instru-
mental, are adhibhiitam, or the forms of matter, but the functioning deity
who is a living entity is adhidaiva, whereas the person undergoing the
function is adhyatmic, and thus the three categories are also explained as
to their birth after the opening of the mouth of the virata purusa. The
four principles mentioned here in this verse serve to explain the three main
principles, namely the adhyatma, adhidaiva and adhibhiitam, as explained
before.

TEXT 19

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TS D Ta |fad feta: Tara 1128
