Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.9

akshini nasike asyam

iti panca purah kritah

dakshina dakshinah karna

uttara cottarah smritah

pascime ity adho dvarau

gudam sisnam ihocyate

SYNONYMS

akshini -- two eyes; nasike -- two nostrils; asyam -- the mouth; iti -- thus; panca -- five; purah -- on the front; kritah -- made; dakshina -- southern gate; dakshinah -- right; karnah -- ear; uttara -- northern gate; ca -- also; uttarah -- left ear; smritah -- understood; pascime -- on the west; iti -- thus; adhah -- downward; dvarau -- two gates; gudam -- rectum; sisnam -- genital; iha -- here; ucyate -- is said.

TRANSLATION

Two eyes, two nostrils and a mouth -- all together five -- are situated in the front. The right ear is accepted as the southern gate, and the left ear is the northern gate. The two holes, or gates, situated in the west are known as the rectum and genital.

PURPORT

Of all sides, the eastern is considered most important, primarily because the sun rises from that direction. The gates on the eastern side -- the eyes, nose and mouth -- are thus very important gates in the body.

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