SB 2.10.28
TEXT 28
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TEXT
आसिसृप्सोः पुरः पुर्या नाभिद्वारमपानतः ।
तत्रापानस्ततो मृत्युः पृथक्त्वमुभयाश्रयम् ॥ २८ ॥ asisrpsoh purah purya
nabhi-dvaram apanatah
tatrapanas tato mrtyuh
prthaktvam ubhayasrayam
asisrpsoh-desiring to go everywhere; purah-in different bodies; puryah-from one body; nabhi-dvaram-the navel or abdominal hole; apanatah-was manifested; tatra-thereupon; apanah-stopping of the vital force; tatah-thereafter; mrtyuh-death; prthaktvam-separately; ubhaya-both; asrayam-shelter.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, desiring to move from one body to another, the navel and the air of departure and death were combinedly created. The navel is the shelter for both, namely death and the separating force.
PURPORT
The prana-vayu continues the life, and the apana-vayu stops the living force. And both the vibrations are generated from the abdominal hole, navel. This navel is the joint from one body to the other. Lord Brahma was born out of the abdominal hole of Garbhodakasayi Visnu as a separate body, and the same principle is followed even in the birth of any ordinary body. The body of the child develops from the body of the mother, and when the child is separated from the body of the mother, it is separated by cutting the navel joint. And that is the way the Supreme Lord manifested Himself as separated many. The living entities are therefore separated parts, and thus they have no independence.
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