1382 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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

ata afar srafata wage: Sa: |
afar afm: aot SAT Shae: Ca:
waa eertant gt frafeeieaa 118 1

aksini ndsike dsyam
iti paiica purah krtah
daksinda daksinah karna
uttara cottarah smrtah
pascime ity adho dvarau
gudam sisnam thocyate

aksini-two eyes; ndsike—two nostrils; dsyam—the mouth; iti—thus;
pajica—five; purah—on the front; krtah—made; daksind—southern gate;
daksinah—right; karnah—ear; uttar€a—northern gate; ca—also; uttarah—left
ear; smrtah—understood; pascime—on the west; iti— thus; adhah—down-
wards; dvdrau-two gates; gudam—rectum; sisnam—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

weasel art aa cat Fafa |
et fronted aeai ae AIT: 112 oll
