आसिसृप्सो: पुर: पुर्या नाभिद्वारमपानत: । तत्रापानस्ततो मृत्यु: 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.
Thereafter, when He desired 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.