घ्राणाद्वायुरभिद्येतामक्षिणी चक्षुरेतयो: । तस्मात्सूर्यो न्यभिद्येतां कर्णौ श्रोत्रं ततो दिश: ॥ ५५ ॥
ghranad vayur abhidyetam aksini caksur etayoh tasmat suryo nyabhidyetam karnau srotram tato disah
- ghranat
- from the olfactory sense
- vayuh
- the wind-god
- abhidyetam
- appeared
- aksini
- the two eyes
- caksuh
- the sense of sight
- etayoh
- in them
- tasmat
- from that
- suryah
- the sun-god
- nyabhidyetam
- appeared
- karnau
- the two ears
- srotram
- the auditory sense
- tatah
- from that
- disah
- the deities presiding over the directions.
In the wake of the olfactory sense came the wind-god, who presides over that sense. Thereafter a pair of eyes appeared in the universal form, and in them the sense of sight. In the wake of this sense came the sun-god, who presides over it. Next there appeared in Him a pair of ears, and in them the auditory sense and in its wake the Dig-devatas, or the deities who preside over the directions.