1122 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 26

nadyah—the veins; asya—of the universal form; nirabhidyante—became
manifested; tabhyah—from them;lohitam—blood; abhrtam—was produced;
nadyah—the rivers; tatah—from that; samabhavan—appeared; udaram—the
stomach; nirabhidyata—became manifested.

TRANSLATION

The veins of the universal body became manifested and thereafter the
red corpuscles or blood. In their wake came the rivers (the deities presiding
over the veins), and then appeared an abdomen.

PURPORT

Blood veins are compared to rivers; when the veins were manifested in
the universal form, the rivers in the various planets were also manifested.
The controlling deity of the rivers is also the controlling deity of the
nervous system. In Ayur-vedic treatment, those who are suffering from the
disease of nervous instability are recommended to take a bath by dipping
into a flowing river.

TEXT 60
STM Tt: Mat AIRRATTOT |
RIS eat Pel ecard sheaaq NS oll
ksut-pipase tatah syatam
samudras tv etayor abhit
athasya hrdayam bhinnam
hrdayan mana utthitam

ksut-pipase—hunger and thirst; tatah—then; syatam— appeared; samudrah
—the ocean; tu—then; etayoh—in their wake; abhiit—appeared; atha—then;
asya—of the universal form;hrdayam—a heart; bhinnam—appeared ;hrdayat
—from the heart; manah—the mind; utthitam—appeared.

TRANSLATION

Next grew feelings of hunger and thirst, and in their wake came the
manifestation of the oceans. Then a heart became manifest, and in the
wake of the heart the mind appeared.
