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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 31]
becomes slackened before delivery. The worms have been described here as  sodara .  Sodara  means born of the same mother. Since the child is born from the womb of the mother and the worms are also born of fermentation within the womb of the same mother, under the circumstances the child and the worms are actually brothers. We are very anxious to establish universal brotherhood among human beings, but we should take into consideration that even the worms are our brothers, what to speak of other living entities. Therefore, we should be concerned about all living entities.
TEXT 11
नाथमान ऋषिर्मीतः सप्तवधिः कृताञ्जलिः । स्तुवीत तं विक्ल्यया वाचा येनोदरेऽर्षितः ॥११॥
nāthamāna ṛṣir bhītaḥ sapta-vadhriḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ stuvīta tam viklavayā vācā yenodare 'rpitaḥ
nāthamānaḥ—appealing; ṛṣiḥ—the living entity; bhītaḥ—frightened; sapta-vadhriḥ—bound by the seven layers; kṛta-añjaliḥ—with folded hands; stuvīta—prays; tam—to the Lord; viklavayā—faltering; vācā—with words; yena—by whom; udare—in the womb; arpitaḥ—he was placed.
TRANSLATION
The living entity in this frightful condition of life, bound by seven layers of material ingredients, prays with folded hands, appealing to the Lord, who has put him in that condition.
PURPORT
It is said that when a woman is having labor pains she promises that she will never again become pregnant and suffer from such a severely painful condition. Similarly, when one is undergoing some surgical operation he promises that he will never again act in such a way as to become diseased and have to undergo medical surgery, or when one falls into danger, he promises that he will never again make the same mistake. Similarly, the living entity, when put into the hellish condition of life, prays to the Lord