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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.59
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 59
- nāḍyo 'sya nirabhidyanta
- tābhyo lohitam ābhṛtam
- nadyas tataḥ samabhavann
- udaraṁ nirabhidyata
nāḍyaḥthe veins — the veins; asyaof the universal form — of the universal form; nirabhidyantabecame manifested — became manifested; tābhyaḥfrom them — from them; lohitamblood — blood; ābhṛtamwas produced — was produced; nadyaḥthe rivers — the rivers; tataḥfrom that — from that; samabhavanappeared — appeared; udaramthe stomach — the stomach; nirabhidyatabecame manifested — became manifested.
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.
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 Āyur-vedic treatment, those who are suffering from the disease of nervous instability are recommended to take a bath by dipping into a flowing river.