निरभिद्यतास्य प्रथमं मुखं वाणी ततोऽभवत् । वाण्या वह्निरथो नासे प्राणोतो घ्राण एतयो: ॥ ५४ ॥
nirabhidyatasya prathamam mukham vani tato ’bhavat vanya vahnir atho nase pranoto ghrana etayoh
- nirabhidyata
- appeared
- asya
- of Him
- prathamam
- first of all
- mukham
- a mouth
- vani
- the organ of speech
- tatah
- then
- abhavat
- came forth
- vanya
- with the organ of speech
- vahnih
- the god of fire
- athah
- then
- nase
- the two nostrils
- prana
- the vital air
- utah
- joined
- ghranah
- the olfactory sense
- etayoh
- in them.
First of all a mouth appeared in Him, and then came forth the organ of speech, and with it the god of fire, the deity who presides over that organ. Then a pair of nostrils appeared, and in them appeared the olfactory sense, as well as prana, the vital air.