1120 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 26

TRANSLATION

Then the universal form of the Lord, the virata-purusa, 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.

TEXT 57

Tae aah 2 aq!
MRNAS «= FYSTSATET: U4

retas tasmad apa asan
nirabhidyata vai gudam

gudad apano ’pandc ca
mrtyur loka-bhayankarah

retah—semina; tasmat—from that; apah—the god who presides over the
waters ;dsan—appeared ;nirabhidyata—was manifested ; vai—indeed ;gudam—
an anus; gudadd—from the anus; apanah—the organ of defecation; apanat—
from the organ of defecation; ca—and; mrtyuh—death; loka-bhayam-karah
—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, yogis 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 yogis living up to
300 or 700 years by this process, and in the Bhagavatam it is clearly
