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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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क्षुत्पिपासे ततः स्यातां समुद्रस्त्वेतयोरभूत् । अथास्य हृदयं भिन्नं हृदयान्मन उत्थितम् ॥६०॥
kṣut-pipāse tataḥ syātāṁ samudras tv etayor abhūt athāsya hṛdayaṁ bhinnaṁ hṛdayān mana utthitam
WORD BY WORD
kṣut-pipāse hunger and thirst; tataḥ then; syātām appeared; samudraḥ the ocean; tu then; etayoḥ in their wake; abhūt appeared; atha then; asya of the universal form; hṛdayam a heart; bhinnam appeared; hṛdayāt from the heart; manaḥ 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.
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PURPORT
| The ocean is considered to be the presiding deity of the abdomen, where the feelings of hunger and thirst originate. When there is an irregularity in hunger and thirst, one is advised, according to Āyurvedic treatment, to take a bath in the ocean.
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