Srimad Bhagavatam Text 3.26.56 - 57 Speaker - H.G. Vraja Vinod Syama Das

Srimad Bhagavatam Text 3.26.56 - 57 Speaker - H.G. Vraja Vinod Syama Das ŚB 3.26.56 निर्बिभेद विराजस्त्वग्रोमश्मश्रवादयस्तत: । तत ओषधयश्चासन् शिश्नं निर्बिभिदे तत: ॥ ५६ ॥ nirbibheda virājas tvag- roma-śmaśrv-ādayas tataḥ tata oṣadhayaś cāsan śiśnaṁ nirbibhide tataḥ Synonyms nirbibheda — appeared; virājaḥ — of the universal form; tvak — skin; roma — hair; śmaśru — beard, mustache; ādayaḥ — and so on; tataḥ — then; tataḥ — thereupon; oṣadhayaḥ — the herbs and drugs; ca — and; āsan — appeared; śiśnam — genitals; nirbibhide — appeared; tataḥ — after this. Translation Then the universal form of the Lord, the virāṭ-puruṣa, manifested His skin, and thereupon the hair, mustache and beard appeared. After this all the herbs and drugs became manifested, and then His genitals also appeared. Purport The skin is the site of the touch sensation. The demigods who control the production of herbs and medicinal drugs are the deities presiding over the tactile sense. ŚB 3.26.57 रेतस्तस्मादाप आसन्निरभिद्यत वै गुदम् । गुदादपानोऽपानाच्च मृत्युर्लोकभयङ्कर: ॥ ५७ ॥ retas tasmād āpa āsan nirabhidyata vai gudam gudād apāno ’pānāc ca mṛtyur loka-bhayaṅkaraḥ Synonyms retaḥ — semen; tasmāt — from that; āpaḥ — the god who presides over the waters; āsan — appeared; nirabhidyata — was manifested; vai — indeed; gudam — an anus; gudāt — from the anus; apānaḥ — the organ of defecation; apānāt — from the organ of defecation; ca — and; mṛtyuḥ — death; loka-bhayam-karaḥ — causing fear throughout the universe. Translation After this, semen (the faculty of procreation) and the god who presides over the waters appeared. Next appeared an anus and then the organs of defecation and thereupon the god of death, who is feared throughout the universe. Purport It is understood herewith that the faculty to discharge semen is the cause of death. Therefore, yogīs and transcendentalists who want to live for greater spans of life voluntarily restrain themselves from discharging semen. The more one can restrain the discharge of semen, the more one can be aloof from the problem of death. There are many yogīs living up to three hundred or seven hundred years by this process, and in the Bhāgavatam it is clearly stated that discharging semen is the cause of horrible death. The more one is addicted to sexual enjoyment, the more susceptible he is to a quick death.