Text 8] The Movements of the Living Entities 1319

katu—bitter; tiksna—pungent; usna—hot; lavana—salty ; riiksa— dry; amla-
sour; ddibhip—and so on; ulbapaih—excessive; matr-bhuktaih—by foods
eaten by the mother; upasprstah—affected; sarva-arga—all over the body;
utthita—arisen; vedanaft—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 maya, who endows the suffering body with the qualifi-
cations for tolerating such terrible tortures.

TEXT 8

san agaelaeray = afeaga: |
ATE HAN HAT FA BATEFATA: | ¢ I

ulbena samurtas tasminn
antrais ca bahir durtah

aste krtva sirah kuksau
bhugna-prstha-sirodharah

ulbena—by the amnion; sarurtah—enclosed; tasmin—in that place;
antraih—by the intestines; ca—and; bahih—outside; dvrtah—covered; aste—
he lies; krtvd—having put; sirah—the head; kuksau—toward the belly;
bhugna—bent; prstha—back; sirah-dharah—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.
