### SB 3.31.24

> पतितो भुव्यसृङ्मिश्रः विष्ठाभूरिव चेष्टते ।\
> रोरूयति गते ज्ञाने विपरीतां गतिं गतः ॥२४॥

> patito bhuvy asṛṅ-miśraḥ\
> viṣṭhā-bhūr iva ceṣṭate\
> rorūyati gate jñāne\
> viparītāṁ gatiṁ gataḥ

*patitaḥ*—fallen; *bhuvi*—on the earth; *asṛk*—with blood; *miśraḥ*—smeared; *viṣṭhā-bhūḥ*—a worm; *iva*—like; *ceṣṭate*—he moves his limbs; *rorūyati*—cries loudly; *gate*—being lost; *jñāne*—his wisdom; *viparītām*—the opposite; *gatim*—state; *gataḥ*—gone to.

**The child thus falls on the ground, smeared with stool and blood, and plays just like a worm germinated from the stool. He loses his superior knowledge and cries under the spell of māyā.**