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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.2

कललं त्वेकरात्रेण पञ्चरात्रेण बुद्बुदम् । दशाहेन तु कर्कन्धू: पेश्यण्डं वा तत: परम् ॥ २ ॥
kalalaṁ tv eka-rātreṇa
[kalalam tv eka-raatrena]
pañca-rātreṇa budbudam
[pancha-raatrena budbudam]
daśāhena tu karkandhūḥ
[dashaahena tu karkandhooh]
peśy aṇḍaṁ vā tataḥ param
[peshy andam vaa tatah param]
Word-for-word
kalalam — mixing of the sperm and ovum tu — then eka-rātreṇa — on the first night pañca-rātreṇa — by the fifth night budbudam — a bubble daśa-ahena — in ten days tu — then karkandhūḥ — like a plum peśī — a lump of flesh aṇḍam — an egg vā — or tataḥ — thence param — afterwards.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kalalaṁ tv eka-rātreṇa
kalalam
mixing of the sperm and ovum
pañca-rātreṇa budbudam
daśāhena tu karkandhūḥ
tu
then
eka-rātreṇa
on the first night
peśy aṇḍaṁ vā tataḥ param
pañca-rātreṇa
by the fifth night
budbudam
a bubble
daśa-ahena
in ten days
tu
then
karkandhūḥ
like a plum
peśī
a lump of flesh
aṇḍam
an egg
vā
or
tataḥ
thence
param
afterwards.
On the first night, the sperm and ovum mix, and on the fifth night the mixture ferments into a bubble. On the tenth night it develops into a form like a plum, and after that, it gradually turns into a lump of flesh or an egg, as the case may be.
Purport

The body of the soul develops in four different ways according to its different sources. One kind of body, that of the trees and plants, sprouts from the earth; the second kind of body grows from perspiration, as with flies, germs and bugs; the third kind of body develops from eggs; and the fourth develops from an embryo. This verse indicates that after emulsification of the ovum and sperm, the body gradually develops either into a lump of flesh or into an egg, as the case may be. In the case of birds it develops into an egg, and in the case of animals and human beings it develops into a lump of flesh.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
On the first night, the semen mixes with blood. By the fifth night, it forms a bubble shape. After ten days, it becomes the size of a hard badarī fruit, and then ball of flesh in the case of womb-born, or an egg in the case of birds. Kalalam is a mixture of semen and blood. Budbudam is the shape of a bubble. Karkandhū is the shape of a hard badarī fruit.
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Personal Guidance
The Lord is named here as the actual proprietor of everything we manage. The verse asks us to relax our grip on what was never ours and let Him hold it again.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom do you actually address when you pray — a concept, or a person?
  • What single attribute of the Lord, taken seriously today, would reorganize a corner of your life?
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