SB 3.31.7 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.7

कटुतीक्ष्णोष्णलवणरूक्षाम्‍लादिभिरुल्बणै: । मातृभुक्तैरुपस्पृष्ट: सर्वाङ्गोत्थितवेदन: ॥ ७ ॥

kaṭu-tīkṣṇoṣṇa-lavaṇa-

[katu-teekshnoshna-lavana-]

rūkṣāmlādibhir ulbaṇaiḥ

[rookshaamlaadibhir ulbanaih]

mātṛ-bhuktair upaspṛṣṭaḥ

[maatri-bhuktair upasprishtah]

sarvāṅgotthita-vedanaḥ

[sarvaangotthita-vedanah]

Word-for-word

kaṭu — bitter tīkṣṇa — pungent uṣṇa — hot lavaṇa — salty rūkṣa — dry amla — sour ādibhiḥ — and so on ulbaṇaiḥ — excessive mātṛ-bhuktaiḥ — by foods eaten by the mother upaspṛṣṭaḥ — affected sarva-aṅga — all over the body utthita — arisen vedanaḥ — pain.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

kaṭu-tīkṣṇoṣṇa-lavaṇa-

kaṭu

bitter

tīkṣṇa

pungent

uṣṇa

hot

lavaṇa

salty

rūkṣāmlādibhir ulbaṇaiḥ

rūkṣa

dry

amla

sour

ādibhiḥ

and so on

ulbaṇaiḥ

excessive

mātṛ-bhuktair upaspṛṣṭaḥ

mātṛ-bhuktaiḥ

by foods eaten by the mother

upaspṛṣṭaḥ

affected

sarvāṅgotthita-vedanaḥ

sarva-aṅga

all over the body

utthita

arisen

vedanaḥ

pain.

Owing to the mother’s eating bitter, pungent foodstuffs, or food which is too salty or too sour, the body of the child incessantly suffers pains which are almost intolerable.

Purport

All descriptions of the child’s bodily situation in the womb of the mother are beyond our conception. It is very difficult to remain in such a position, but still the child has to remain. Because his consciousness is not very developed, the child can tolerate it, otherwise he would die. That is the benediction of māyā, who endows the suffering body with the qualifications for tolerating such terrible tortures.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

All its limbs suffer from contact with the mother’s food, which is difficult to tolerate if it is too bitter, pungent, hot, salty, dry or sour. Ulbaṇaiḥ means “difficult to tolerate.”

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Personal Guidance

Material life is described here not as something to fix from inside but to see through. The verse names suffering honestly so the reader stops expecting permanent happiness from impermanent arrangements.

Reflection Questions

What 'if only X happens, I'll finally be fine' story are you still telling yourself?
What would change if you read your suffering as a teacher rather than an enemy?

📝 My note

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