Shloka 28
Daśa-lakṣaṇam: The Ten Topics, Virāṭ-Puruṣa Sense-Manifestation, and the Supreme Shelter (Āśraya)
आसिसृप्सो: पुर: पुर्या नाभिद्वारमपानत: । तत्रापानस्ततो मृत्यु: पृथक्त्वमुभयाश्रयम् ॥ २८ ॥
āsisṛpsoḥ puraḥ puryā nābhi-dvāram apānataḥ tatrāpānas tato mṛtyuḥ pṛthaktvam ubhayāśrayam
ထို့နောက် ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာတစ်ခုမှ အခြားကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသို့ ရွှေ့လိုသည့်အခါ နာဘီတံခါး၊ အပာနဝါယုနှင့် မရဏ တို့ကို ပေါင်းစည်း၍ ဖန်ဆင်းတော်မူ၏။ နာဘီသည် မရဏနှင့် ခွဲခြားစေသော အင်အား—နှစ်ခုစလုံး၏ အာश्रय ဖြစ်သည်။
The prāṇa-vāyu continues the life, and the apāna-vāyu stops the living force. Both the vibrations are generated from the abdominal hole, the navel. This navel is the joint from one body to the other. Lord Brahmā was born of the abdominal hole of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu as a separate body, and the same principle is followed even in the birth of any ordinary body. The body of the child develops from the body of the mother, and when the child is separated from the body of the mother, it is separated by cutting the navel joint. And that is the way the Supreme Lord manifested Himself as separated many. The living entities are therefore separated parts, and thus they have no independence.
FAQs
This verse links the apāna (downward vital air governing evacuation) with the bodily process that culminates in death and the consequent separation of the self from the body.
Śukadeva uses the metaphor of a city with gates to explain how the soul interacts with bodily functions through different “doors,” helping Parīkṣit understand embodiment and its end.
It encourages detachment from bodily identity and remembrance that the self is distinct from the body—supporting a life oriented toward bhakti and preparation for the inevitable moment of death.