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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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निरभिद्यतास्य प्रथमं मुखं वाणी ततोऽभवत् । वाण्या वह्निरथो नासे प्राणोतो घ्राण एतयोः ॥५४॥
nirabhidyatāsya prathamaṁ mukhaṁ vāṇī tato ’bhavat vāṇyā vahnir atho nāse prāṇoto ghrāṇa etayoḥ
WORD BY WORD
nirabhidyata appeared; asya of Him; prathamam first of all; mukham a mouth; vāṇī the organ of speech; tataḥ then; abhavat came forth; vāṇyā with the organ of speech; vahniḥ the god of fire; athaḥ then; nāse the two nostrils; prāṇa the vital air; utaḥ joined; ghrāṇaḥ the olfactory sense; etayoḥ in them;
TRANSLATION
| First of all a mouth appeared in Him, and then came forth the organ of speech, and with it the god of fire, the deity who presides over that organ. Then a pair of nostrils appeared, and in them appeared the olfactory sense, as well as prāṇa, the vital air.
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PURPORT
| With the manifestation of speech, fire also became manifested, and with the manifestation of nostrils the vital air, the breathing process and the sense of smell also became manifested.
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