विभक्तावयवस्पष्टं पुनर्मासाष्टमे भवेत् । पंचात्मक समायुक्तः परिपक्वः स तिष्ठति
In the eighth month, the distinct and clear divisions of the body appear; endowed with five elements, the fully matured being remains.
मातुराहारवीर्येण षड्विधेन रसेन च । नाभिसूत्रनिबद्धेन वर्द्धते स दिनेदिने
By the strength of the mother's food and the sixfold essence, bound by the navel cord, it grows day by day.
ततः स्मृतिं लभेज्जीवः संपूर्णोस्मिञ्छरीरके । सुखं दुःखं विजानाति निद्रां स्वप्नं पुराकृतम्
Then the soul attains memory in the complete body; it perceives pleasure and pain, recognizes sleep, dreams, and past actions.
मृतश्चाहं पुनर्जातो जातश्चाहं पुनर्मृतः । नानायोनिसहस्राणि मया दृष्टान्यनेकधा
I have died and been born again; I have been born and died again; I have seen thousands of different wombs in many ways.
अधुना जातमात्रोहं प्राप्तसंस्कार एव च । ततः श्रेयः करिष्यामि येन गर्भे न संभवः
Now, I am just born and have received the rites; then I will act for the highest good, so that I may not return to the womb.
गर्भस्थश्चिंतयत्येवमहं गर्भाद्विनिःसृतः । अध्येष्यामि परं ज्ञानं संसारविनिवर्तकम्
While dwelling in the womb, I think thus: When I am released from the womb, I will pursue supreme knowledge that ends the cycle of rebirth.
अवश्यं गर्भदुःखेन महता परिपीडितः । जीवः कर्मवशादास्ते मोक्षोपायं विचिंतयेत्
Certainly, afflicted by the great pain of the womb, the soul, compelled by karma, remains and contemplates the means of liberation.
यथा गिरिवराक्रांतः कश्चिद्दुःखेन तिष्ठति । तथा जरायुणा देही दुःखं तिष्ठति दुःखितः
Just as someone trapped beneath a mountain suffers, so does the embodied soul, enveloped by the membrane, endure pain and distress.
पतितः सागरे यद्वद्दुःखमास्ते समाकुलः । गर्भोदकेन सिक्तांगस्तथास्ते व्याकुलात्मकः
As one fallen into the ocean suffers, overwhelmed, so does the soul, its body soaked in womb fluid, remain agitated.
लोहकुंभे यथा न्यस्तः पच्यते कश्चिदग्निना । गर्भकुंभे तथाक्षिप्तः पच्यते जठराग्निना
Just as someone placed in an iron pot is cooked by fire, so is one cast into the womb-pot cooked by the fire of the belly.
सूचीभिरग्निवर्णाभिर्भिन्नगात्रो निरंतरम् । यद्दुःखं जायते तस्य तद्गर्भेष्टगुणं भवेत्
The pain caused by needles glowing like fire, constantly piercing the body, is the nature of suffering in the womb.
गर्भवासात्परं वासं कष्टं नैवास्ति कुत्रचित् । देहिनां दुःखमतुलं सुघोरमपि संकटम्
There is no dwelling harsher than the womb; the suffering of embodied beings is incomparable, intense, and full of hardship.
इत्येतद्गर्भदुःखं हि प्राणिनां परिकीर्तितम् । चरस्थिराणां सर्वेषामात्मगर्भानुरूपतः
Thus, the suffering of the womb has been described for all living beings, both moving and stationary, according to their own wombs.
गर्भात्कोटिगुणापीडा योनियंत्रनिपीडनात् । संमूर्च्छितस्य जायेत जायमानस्य देहिनः
The torment of birth is multiplied a millionfold by the pain of the womb's restraint; it arises for the embodied soul as it is born and loses consciousness.
इक्षुवत्पीड्यमानस्य पापमुद्गरपेषणात् । गर्भान्निष्क्रममाणस्य प्रबलैः सूतिवायुभिः
Just as sugarcane is crushed and its impurities are ground out by the pestle, so too, when one is forced from the womb by the powerful winds of birth,
जायते सुमहद्दुःखं परित्राणं न विंदति । यंत्रेण पीड्यमानाः स्युर्निःसाराश्च यथेक्षवः
there arises immense suffering, and no relief is found; being pressed by the mechanism, they become drained, just like sugarcane.
तथा शरीरं योनिस्थं पात्यते यंत्रपीडनात् । अस्थिमद्वर्तुलाकारं स्नायुबंधनवेष्टितम्
In the same way, the body within the womb is cast down by the pressure of the mechanism, round in shape with bones, bound and wrapped by sinews,
रक्तमांसवसालिप्तं विण्मूत्रद्रव्यभाजनम् । केशलोमनखच्छन्नं रोगायतनमुत्तमम्
smeared with blood, flesh, and fat, a vessel for excrement and urine, covered with hair, body hair, and nails, and the foremost seat of diseases.
वदनैकमहाद्वारं गवाक्षाष्टकभूषितम् । ओष्ठद्वयकपाटं तु दंतजिह्वागलान्वितम्
It has a single great opening as the mouth, adorned with eight window-like apertures, with two lips as its doors, and furnished with teeth, tongue, and throat.
नाडीस्वेदप्रवाहं च कफपित्तपरिप्लुतम् । जराशोकसमाविष्टं कालवक्त्रानलेस्थितम्
It is filled with channels and streams of sweat, pervaded by phlegm and bile, seized by old age and sorrow, and situated in the fire of time's mouth.
कामक्रोधसमाक्रांतं श्वसनैश्चोपमर्दितम् । भोगतृष्णातुरं गूढं रागद्वेष वशानुगम्
Overwhelmed by desire and anger, afflicted by breaths, tormented by the thirst for enjoyment, hidden, and subject to the sway of passion and aversion.
सवर्णितांगप्रत्यंगं जरायु परिवेष्टितम् । संकटेनाविविक्तेन योनिमार्गेण निर्गतम्
With limbs and sub-limbs well described, enveloped by the membrane, emerging through the narrow, confined path of the womb.
विण्मूत्ररक्तसिक्तांगं षट्कौशिकसमुद्भवम् । अस्थिपंजरसंघातं ज्ञेयमस्मिन्कलेवरे
Its body is soaked with excrement, urine, and blood, produced from six sheaths, and is to be known as a mass of bone framework.
शतत्रयं शताधिकं पंचपेशी शतानि च । सार्धाभिस्तिसृभिश्छन्नं समंताद्रोमकोटिभिः
Three hundred and five muscles, covered on all sides by countless hair roots, together with three and a half layers.
शरीरं स्थूलसूक्ष्माभिर्दृश्यादृश्याभिरंततः । एताभिर्मांसनाडीभिः कोटिभिस्तत्समन्वितम्
The body, both gross and subtle, visible and invisible, is entirely pervaded by these millions of fleshly channels.
प्रस्वेदमशुचिं ताभिरंतरस्थं च तेन हि । द्वात्रिंशद्दशनाः प्रोक्ता विंशतिश्च नखाः स्मृताः
Sweat, impure, is contained within them; thus, thirty-two teeth are declared, and twenty nails are remembered.
पित्तस्य कुडवं ज्ञेयं कफस्यार्धाढकं तथा । वसायाश्च पलाः पंच तदर्धं फलकस्य च
A measure of bile is known as a kuḍava, and half an āḍhaka for phlegm; five palas of fat, and half that for marrow.
पंचार्बुद पला ज्ञेयाः पलानि दश मेदसः । पलत्रयं महारक्तं मज्जा रक्ताच्चतुर्गुणा
Five arbuda palas are to be known, and ten palas of fat; three palas of great blood, and marrow is four times the blood.
शुक्रार्धकुडवं ज्ञेयं तदर्धं देहिनां बलम् । मांसस्य चैकं पिंडेन पलसाहस्रमुच्यते
Half a kuḍava of semen is to be known, and half of that is the strength of embodied beings; the mass of flesh is said to be a thousand palas in one lump.
रक्तं पलशतं ज्ञेयं विण्मूत्रं चाप्रमाणतः । इति देहगृहे राजन्वासः स्यान्नित्यमात्मनः
A hundred palas of blood are to be known, and the quantity of excrement and urine is immeasurable; thus, O King, the body is always the dwelling of the self.