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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 31]
śāyito 'śuci-paryaṅke jantuḥ svedaja-dūṣite neśaḥ kaṇḍūyane 'ṅgānām āsanotthāna-ceṣṭane
śāyitaḥ—laid down; aśuci-paryaṅke—on a foul bed; jantuḥ—the child; sveda-ja—with creatures born from sweat; dūṣite—infested; na īśaḥ—incapable of; kaṇḍūyane—scratching; aṅgānām—his limbs; āsana—sitting; utthāna—standing; ceṣṭane—or moving.
TRANSLATION
Laid down on a foul bed infested with sweat and germs, the poor child is incapable of scratching his body to get relief from his itching sensation, to say nothing of sitting up, standing or even moving.
PURPORT
It should be noted that the child is born crying and suffering. After birth the same suffering continues, and he cries. Because he is disturbed by the germs in his foul bed, which is contaminated by his urine and stool, the poor child continues to cry. He is unable to take any remedial measure for his relief.
TEXT 27
तुदन्त्यामत्वचं दंशा मशका मत्कुणादयः ।
रुदन्तं विगतज्ञानं क्रमयः क्रमिकं यथा ॥२७॥
tudanty āma-tvacam damśā maśakā matkuṇādayaḥ rudantam vigata-jñānam kṛmayaḥ kṛmikam yathā
tudanti—they bite; āma-tvacam—the baby, whose skin is soft; damśāḥ—gnats; maśakāḥ—mosquitoes; matkuṇa—bugs; ādayaḥ—and other creatures; rudantam—crying; vigata—deprived of; jñānam—wisdom; kṛmayaḥ—worms; kṛmikam—a worm; yathā—just as.
TRANSLATION
In his helpless condition, gnats, mosquitoes, bugs and other germs bite the baby, whose skin is tender, just as smaller worms bite a big worm. The child, deprived of his wisdom, cries bitterly.