Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.4
चतुर्भिर्धातव: सप्त पञ्चभि: क्षुत्तृडुद्भव: ।
षड्भिर्जरायुणा वीत: कुक्षौ भ्राम्यति दक्षिणे ॥ ४ ॥
caturbhir dhātavaḥ sapta
[chaturbhir dhaatavah sapta]
pañcabhiḥ kṣut-tṛḍ-udbhavaḥ
[panchabhih kshut-trid-udbhavah]
ṣaḍbhir jarāyuṇā vītaḥ
[shadbhir jaraayunaa veetah]
kukṣau bhrāmyati dakṣiṇe
[kukshau bhraamyati dakshine]
Word-for-word
caturbhiḥ
—
within four months
dhātavaḥ
—
ingredients
sapta
—
seven
pañcabhiḥ
—
within five months
kṣut-tṛṭ
—
of hunger and thirst
udbhavaḥ
—
appearance
ṣaḍbhiḥ
—
within six months
jarāyuṇā
—
by the amnion
vītaḥ
—
enclosed
kukṣau
—
in the abdomen
bhrāmyati
—
moves
dakṣiṇe
—
on the right side.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
caturbhir dhātavaḥ sapta
caturbhiḥ
within four months
dhātavaḥ
ingredients
sapta
seven
pañcabhiḥ kṣut-tṛḍ-udbhavaḥ
pañcabhiḥ
within five months
kṣut-tṛṭ
of hunger and thirst
udbhavaḥ
appearance
ṣaḍbhir jarāyuṇā vītaḥ
ṣaḍbhiḥ
within six months
jarāyuṇā
by the amnion
vītaḥ
enclosed
kukṣau bhrāmyati dakṣiṇe
kukṣau
in the abdomen
bhrāmyati
moves
dakṣiṇe
on the right side.
Within four months from the date of conception, the seven essential ingredients of the body, namely chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen, come into existence. At the end of five months, hunger and thirst make themselves felt, and at the end of six months, the fetus, enclosed by the amnion, begins to move on the right side of the abdomen.
Purport
When the body of the child is completely formed at the end of six months, the child, if he is male, begins to move on the right side, and if female, she tries to move on the left side.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
By the fourth month, the seven dhātus appear, and by the fifth month hunger and thirst appear. By the sixth month, the skin forms around the embryo and it moves to the right side of the womb.
The body is surrounded (vītaḥ) by the womb covering (jarāyuṇā). The right side is mentioned because the subject being dealt with is a male. It is well know that the male fetus moves to the right and the female fetus moves to the left.
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The verse points beyond impersonal abstraction to a Lord who hears, acts, and relates. Spiritual life gets real once we stop talking about Him and start talking to Him.
Reflection Questions
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