नद्यः समुद्राश्च तयोस्तुष्टिः पुष्टिस्तदाश्रये ॥२९॥
Äditsor anna-pÄnÄnÄm
Äsan kuká¹£y-antra-nÄá¸ayaḥ
nadyaḥ samudrÄÅ› ca tayos
tuá¹£á¹iḥ puá¹£á¹is tad-ÄÅ›raye
Äditsoḥ - desiring to have; anna-pÄnÄnÄm - of food and drink; Äsan - there became; kuká¹£i - the abdomen; antra - the intestines; nÄá¸ayaḥ - and the arteries; nadyaḥ - the rivers; samudrÄḥ - seas; ca - also; tayoḥ - of them; tuá¹£á¹iḥ - sustenance; puá¹£á¹iḥ - metabolism; tat - of them; ÄÅ›raye - the source.
When there was a desire to have food and drink, the abdomen and the intestines and also the arteries became manifested. The rivers and seas are the source of their sustenance and metabolism.
The controlling deities of the intestines are the rivers, and those of the arteries, the seas. Fulfillment of the belly with food and drink is the cause of sustenance, and the metabolism of the food and drink replaces the waste of the bodily energies. Therefore, the body’s health is dependent on healthy actions of the intestines and the arteries. The rivers and the seas, being the controlling deities of the two, keep the intestines and the arteries in healthy order.
