1318 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 31
miirccham apnoty uru-klesas
tatratyaih ksudhitair muhuh
krmibhit—by worms; ksata—bitten; sarva-angah—all over the body;
saukumaryat—because of tenderness; pratiksanam—moment after moment;
mirccham—unconsciousness; apnoti—he obtains; uru-klesah—whose suf-
fering is great; tatratyaih—being there (in the abdomen); ksudhitaih—
hungry; muhuh—again and again.
TRANSLATION
Bitten again and again all over the body by the hungry worms in the
abdomen itself, the child suffers terrible agony because of his tenderness.
He thus becomes unconscious moment after moment because of the
terrible condition.
PURPORT
The miserable condition of material existence is not only felt when we
come out of the womb of the mother, but it is also present within the
womb. Miserable life begins from the moment the living entity begins to
contact his material body. Unfortunately, we forget this experience and do
not take the miseries of birth very seriously. In Bhagavad-gita, therefore, it
is specifically mentioned that one should be very alert to understand the
specific difficulties of birth and death. Just as during the formation of this
body we have to pass through so many difficulties within the womb of the
mother, similarly, at the time of death, there are also many difficulties. As
described in the previous chapter, one has to transmigrate from one body
to another, and the transmigration into the bodies of dogs and hogs is
especially miserable. But despite such miserable conditions, due to the
spell of maya we forget everything and become enamored by the present
so-called happiness, which is described as actually no more than a counter-
action to distress.
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