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The Movements of the Living Entities
1331
TEXT 17
देहान्यदेहविवरे जठराग्निनासृग्- 
  विष्मुत्रकूपपतितो भृशतप्तदेहः । 
  इच्छन्नितो विवसितुं गणयन् स्वमासान् 
  निर्वास्यते कृपणधीर्भगवन् कदानु ॥१॥
dehy anya-deha-vivare jaṭharāgnināsṛg- 
  viṇ-mūtra-kūpa-patito bhṛśa-tapta-dehaḥ 
  icchann ito vivasitum gaṇayan sva-māsān 
  nirvāsyate kṛpaṇa-dhīr bhagavan kadā nu
dehī —the embodied soul;  anya-deha —of another body;  vivare —in the abdomen;  jaṭhara —of the stomach;  agninā —by the fire;  asṛk —of blood;  viṭ —stool;  mūtra —and urine;  kūpa —in a pool;  patitaḥ —fallen;  bhṛśa —strongly;  tapta —scorched;  dehaḥ —his body;  icchan —desiring;  itaḥ —from that place;  vivasitum —to get out;  gaṇayan —counting;  sva-māsān —his months;  nirvāsyate —will be released;  kṛpaṇa-dhīḥ —person of miserly intelligence;  bhagavan —O Lord;  kadā —when;  nu —indeed.
TRANSLATION
Fallen into a pool of blood, stool and urine within the abdomen of his mother, his own body scorched by the mother's gastric fire, the embodied soul, anxious to get out, counts his months and prays, "O my Lord, when shall I, a wretched soul, be released from this confinement?"
PURPORT
The precarious condition of the living entity within the womb of his mother is described here. On one side of where the child is floating there is the heat of gastric fire, and on the other side there is urine, stool, blood and discharges. After seven months the child, who has regained his consciousness, feels the horrible condition of his existence and prays to the Lord. Counting the months until his release, he becomes greatly anxious to get out of the confinement. The so-called civilized man does not take account of this horrible condition of life, and sometimes for the purpose of sense gratification he tries to kill the child by contraceptive methods.