Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.6.20
Sarga· CreationEvacuation Within the Universal Arrangement
“The evacuating channel separately became manifest, and the director named Mitra entered into it with partial organs of evacuation. Thus the living entities are able to pass stool and urine.”
What the purport teaches
- The evacuating channel of the gigantic form became separately manifest.
- Mitra, the director, entered it with partial organs of evacuation.
- Through this arrangement, living entities are able to pass stool and urine.
Try this today
Reread the translation once, noticing how even evacuation has a place in the gigantic form.
Ask yourself
How does this account change the way I regard an ordinary bodily function?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.