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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.31.4

caturbhir dhatavah sapta

pancabhih kshut-trid-udbhavah

shadbhir jarayuna vitah

kukshau bhramyati dakshine

SYNONYMS

caturbhih -- within four months; dhatavah -- ingredients; sapta -- seven; pancabhih -- within five months; kshut-trit -- of hunger and thirst; udbhavah -- appearance; shadbhih -- within six months; jarayuna -- by the amnion; vitah -- enclosed; kukshau -- in the abdomen; bhramyati -- moves; dakshine -- on the right side.

TRANSLATION

Within four months from the date of conception, the seven essential ingredients of the body, namely chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen, come into existence. At the end of five months, hunger and thirst make themselves felt, and at the end of six months, the fetus, enclosed by the amnion, begins to move on the right side of the abdomen.

PURPORT

When the body of the child is completely formed at the end of six months, the child, if he is male, begins to move on the right side, and if female, she tries to move on the left side.

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