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.
पौगण्डे यातनां भुक्त्वा प्राप्नुते यौवनं पुनः
Having suffered in childhood, he attains youth once again.
आहारमैथुनार्त्तश्च नानामोहादिवेष्टितः
He is afflicted by hunger, sexual desire, and pain, enveloped by various delusions.
एवं यावत्समर्थश्च तावदेव हि पूजितः
Thus, only as long as he is capable is he honored.
यदाऽतीव जरायुक्तो जडोऽतिबधिरो भवेत्
When he is overtaken by extreme old age, becoming dull and very deaf,
तदन्तरेऽनुतापं च कुरुते सन्ततं पुनः
Then, in that state, he continually feels regret again and again.
पुनश्च मानवीं योनिं लभामि भारते यदि
And he thinks, 'If only I might obtain a human birth in Bhārata again.'
इत्येवमादि मनसि कुर्वन्तं तं जडं सुर 2.36.
Thus, as he entertains such thoughts in his mind, that dull one, O god, 2.36.
स पश्येद्यमदूतं च पाशहस्तं च दण्डिनम्
He sees the messenger of Yama, holding a noose and a staff.
दुर्निवार्य्यमुपायैश्च बलिष्ठं च भयङ्करम्
Difficult to resist by any means, strong and terrifying.
दृष्टमात्रान्महाभीतो विण्मूत्रं च समुत्सृजेत्
At the mere sight, overwhelmed by great fear, he voids urine and excrement.