SB 3.26.60 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

क्षुत्पिपासे तत: स्यातां समुद्रस्त्वेतयोरभूत् । अथास्य हृदयं भिन्नं हृदयान्मन उत्थितम् ॥ ६० ॥

Verse text

kṣut-pipāse tataḥ syātāṁ samudras tv etayor abhūt athāsya hṛdayaṁ bhinnaṁ hṛdayān mana utthitam

Synonyms

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The organ of hunger and thirst appeared and then the ocean, their devatā, appeared. The heart of the universal form appeared and from the heart the mind appeared.

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.