Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.6.13

nirbhinnaḿ tālu varuṇo

loka-pālo 'viśad dhareḥ

jihvayāḿśena ca rasaḿ

yayāsau pratipadyate

SYNONYMS

nirbhinnam — separated; tālu — palate; varuṇaḥ — the deity controlling air; loka-pālaḥ — director of the planets; aviśat — entered; hareḥ — of the Lord; jihvayā aḿśena — with the part of the tongue; ca — also; rasam — tastes; yayā — by which; asau — the living entity; pratipadyate — expresses.

TRANSLATION

When the palate of the gigantic form was separately manifested, Varuṇa, the director of air in the planetary systems, entered therein, and thus the living entity has the facility to taste everything with his tongue.

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