परमानन्दसंयुक्तो मोहादिषु विवर्जितः
United with supreme bliss, free from delusion and the like.
पुनश्च न पिबेत्क्षीरं धृत्वा मातृस्तनं परम्
He does not again drink milk, nor take the mother's breast as before.
स्वधर्मिणां च भिक्षूणां पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
For monks devoted to their own dharma, there is no further birth.
अयं निरूपितो धात्रा स्वधर्मस्तीर्थसेविनाम्
This is the dharma established by the Creator for those who observe holy places.
व्रतोपवासरत इत्युक्तो वै विष्णुसेविनाम्
One who is devoted to vows and fasting is said to be a servant of Viṣṇu.
समा बुद्धिर्यस्य शश्वत्स संन्यासीति कीर्तितः
He whose mind is always even is called a renunciant.
नित्यं प्रवासी नैकत्र स्यात्संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः 2.36.
He who is always a wanderer and does not stay in one place is called a renunciant.
किन्तु किंचिन्न याचेत स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
But he who does not beg for anything at all is called a renunciant.
ध्यायेन्नारायणं शश्वत्स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
He who always meditates on Nārāyaṇa is called a renunciant.
सर्वं ब्रह्ममयं पश्येत्स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
He who sees everything as pervaded by Brahman is called a renunciant.
क्रोधाहङ्काररहितः स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
He who is free from anger and ego is called a renunciant.
न याचते भक्षणार्थी स संन्यासीति कीर्त्तितः
He who does not beg for food is called a renunciant.
दारवीमपि योषां च न स्पृशेद्यः स भिक्षुकः
He who does not touch wood or women is a mendicant.
विपर्य्यये विनाशश्च जन्मयाम्यं भयं भवेत्
In the opposite case, there is destruction, and fear of birth in hell arises.
सुरसूकरयोनौ वा गर्भे दुःखं समं सुर
Whether in the womb of a god or a boar, there is equal suffering, O god.
गर्भे स्मरन्ति सर्वे ते कर्म्म जन्म शतोद्भवम् स्वदेहं पाति यत्नेन सुरो वा कीट एव वा
In the womb, all remember their deeds from a hundred births; whether god or insect, each protects his own body with effort.
योनेरभ्यन्तरे शुक्रे पतिते पुरुषस्य च 2.36.
When semen falls inside the womb, O person,
रक्ताधिके मातृसमश्चेतरे पितुराकृतिः
If there is more blood, the child is like the mother; otherwise, he has the father's form.
रविभौमगुरूणां च वारे चेत्तद्भवेत्सुतः
If birth occurs on the day of the Sun, Mars, or Jupiter, then the child is born accordingly.
प्रथमप्रहरे जन्म यस्य सोऽल्पायुरेव च
He whose birth is in the first quarter of the day is indeed short-lived.
चतुर्थे चिरजीवी स्यात्क्षणानामनुरूपकः
In the fourth quarter, one lives long, corresponding to the moment.
यादृशे च क्षणे जन्म प्रसवस्तादृशे भवेत्
As is the moment of birth, so is the delivery.
कललं त्वेकरात्रेण प्रवृद्धः स्याद्दिने दिने
Within a single night, the embryo forms, and day by day it grows.
मासत्रये मांसपिण्डो हस्तपादादिवर्जितः
In three months, it becomes a mass of flesh, still lacking hands, feet, and other limbs.
भवेत्तु जीवसंचारः षण्मासे सर्वतत्त्ववित्
By the sixth month, the movement of life arises, O knower of all principles.
मातृजग्धान्नपानं च भुङ्क्तेऽमेध्यस्थले स्थितः
Remaining in an impure place, it partakes of the food and drink consumed by the mother.
एवं च चतुरो मासान्भुक्त्वा परमयातनाम् 2.36.
Thus, for four months, having endured the utmost suffering, 2.36.
दिग्देशकालाव्युत्पन्नो विस्मृतो विष्णुमायया
Deprived of knowledge of direction, place, and time, he is bewildered by Viṣṇu's illusion.
परायत्तोऽप्यक्षमश्च मशकादिनि वारणे
Though dependent on others, he is powerless even to ward off flies and the like.
स्तनान्धोऽप्यसमर्थश्च याञ्चां कर्तुमभीप्सिताम्
Blind at the breast and incapable of expressing his desires.