Text 3]
The Movements of the Living Entities
1315
TRANSLATION
On the first night, the semina 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, gradually it 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 semina, 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.
TEXT 3
मासेन तु शिरो दाम्यां बाहुर्ध्यायङ्गविग्रहः । नखलोमास्थिचर्माणि लिङ्गच्छिद्रोद्भवस्त्रिभिः ॥ ३ ॥
māsena tu śiro dvābhyām bāhv-aṅghry-ādy-aṅga-vigrahaḥ nakha-lomāsthi-carmāṇi liṅga-cchidrodbhavas tribhiḥ
māsena—within a month; tu—then; śiraḥ—a head; dvābhyām—in two months; bāhu—arms; aṅghri—feet; ādi—and so on; aṅga—limbs; vigrahaḥ—form; nakha—nails; loma—body hair; asthi—bones; carmāṇi—and skin; liṅga—organ of generation; chidra—apertures; udbhavaḥ—appearance; tribhiḥ—within three months.
TRANSLATION
In the course of a month, a head is formed, and at the end of two months, hands, feet and other limbs take shape. By the end of three months, the nails, fingers, toes, body hair, bones and skin appear, as do the organ of generation and the other apertures in the body, namely the eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth and anus.