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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.29
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
- āditsor anna-pānānām
- āsan kukṣy-antra-nāḍayaḥ
- nadyaḥ samudrāś ca tayos
- tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭis tad-āśraye
āditsoḥdesiring to have — desiring to have; annaof food and drink-pānānāmof food and drink — of food and drink; āsanthere became — there became; kukṣithe abdomen — the abdomen; antrathe intestines — the intestines; nāḍayaḥand the arteries — and the arteries; nadyaḥthe rivers — the rivers; samudrāḥseas — seas; caalso — also; tayoḥof them — of them; tuṣṭiḥsustenance — sustenance; puṣṭiḥmetabolism — metabolism; tatof them — of them; āśrayethe source — the source.
When there was a desire to have food and drink, the abdomen and the intestines and also the arteries became manifested. The rivers and seas are the source of their sustenance and metabolism.
The controlling deities of the intestines are the rivers, and those of the arteries, the seas. Fulfillment of the belly with food and drink is the cause of sustenance, and the metabolism of the food and drink replaces the waste of the bodily energies. Therefore, the body's health is dependent on healthy actions of the intestines and the arteries. The rivers and the seas, being the controlling deities of the two, keep the intestines and the arteries in healthy order.