Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 31: Lord Kapila's Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.31.3

masena tu siro dvabhyam

bahv-anghry-ady-anga-vigrahah

nakha-lomasthi-carmani

linga-cchidrodbhavas tribhih

SYNONYMS

masena -- within a month; tu -- then; sirah -- a head; dvabhyam -- in two months; bahu -- arms; anghri -- feet; adi -- and so on; anga -- limbs; vigrahah -- form; nakha -- nails; loma -- body hair; asthi -- bones; carmani -- and skin; linga -- organ of generation; chidra -- apertures; udbhavah -- appearance; tribhih -- within three months.

TRANSLATION

In the course of a month, a head is formed, and at the end of two months the hands, feet and other limbs take shape. By the end of three months, the nails, fingers, toes, body hair, bones and skin appear, as do the organ of generation and the other apertures in the body, namely the eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth and anus.

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