अक्षिणी नासिके आस्यमिति पञ्चपुर: कृता: । दक्षिणा दक्षिण: कर्ण उत्तरा चोत्तर: स्मृत: । पश्चिमे इत्यधोद्वारौ गुदं शिश्नमिहोच्यते ॥ ९ ॥
aksini nasike asyam iti panca purah krtah daksina daksinah karna uttara cottarah smrtah pascime ity adho dvarau gudam sisnam ihocyate
- aksini
- two eyes
- nasike
- two nostrils
- asyam
- the mouth
- iti
- thus
- panca
- five
- purah
- on the front
- krtah
- made
- daksina
- southern gate
- daksinah
- right
- karnah
- ear
- uttara
- northern gate
- ca
- also
- uttarah
- left ear
- smrtah
- understood
- pascime
- on the west
- iti
- thus
- adhah
- downward
- dvarau
- two gates
- gudam
- rectum
- sisnam
- genital
- iha
- here
- ucyate
- is said.
Two eyes, two nostrils and a mouth—all together five—are situated in the front. The right ear is accepted as the southern gate, and the left ear is the northern gate. The two holes, or gates, situated in the west are known as the rectum and genital.