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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.60
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 60
- kṣut-pipāse tataḥ syātāṁ
- samudras tv etayor abhūt
- athāsya hṛdayaṁ bhinnaṁ
- hṛdayān mana utthitam
kṣuthunger and thirst-pipāsehunger and thirst — hunger and thirst; tataḥthen — then; syātāmappeared — appeared; samudraḥthe ocean — the ocean; tuthen — then; etayoḥin their wake — in their wake; abhūtappeared — appeared; athathen — then; asyaof the universal form — of the universal form; hṛdayama heart — a heart; bhinnamappeared — appeared; hṛdayātfrom the heart — from the heart; manaḥthe mind — the mind; utthitamappeared — appeared.
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.
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 Āyur-vedic treatment, to take a bath in the ocean.