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The Movements of the Living Entities
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kaṭu —bitter;  tīkṣṇa —pungent;  uṣṇa —hot;  lavaṇa —salty;  rūkṣa —dry;  amla —sour;  ādibhiḥ —and so on;  ulbaṇaiḥ —excessive;  mātr-bhuktaiḥ —by foods eaten by the mother;  upasprṣṭaḥ —affected;  sarva-aṅga —all over the body;  utthita —arisen;  vedanaḥ —pain.
TRANSLATION
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.
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उल्बेन संवृतस्तसिभन्त्रैश्च बहिरावृतः ।
आस्ते कृत्वा शिरः कुक्षौ भुग्रपृष्ठशिरोधरः ॥ ८ ॥
ulbena saṁvṛtas tasminn antraiś ca bahir āvṛtaḥ āste kṛtvā śiraḥ kukṣau bhugna-pṛṣṭha-śirodharaḥ
ulbena —by the amnion;  saṁvṛtaḥ —enclosed;  tasmin —in that place;  antraiḥ —by the intestines;  ca —and;  bahiḥ —outside;  āvṛtaḥ —covered;  āste —he lies;  kṛtvā —having put;  śiraḥ —the head;  kukṣau —toward the belly;  bhugna —bent;  pṛṣṭha —back;  śiraḥ-dharaḥ —neck.
TRANSLATION
Placed within the amnion and covered outside by the intestines, the child remains lying on one side of the abdomen, his head turned toward his belly and his back and neck arched like a bow.