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Chapter 31: Lord Kapila's Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities

Verse 22 of 47
SB 3.31.22

कपिल उवाच एवं कृतमतिर्गर्भे दशमास्यः स्तुवन्नृषिः सद्यः क्षिपत्यवाचीनं प्रसूत्यै सूतिमारुतः

kapila uvāca evaṁ kṛta-matir garbhe daśa-māsyaḥ stuvann ṛṣiḥ sadyaḥ kṣipaty avācīnaṁ prasūtyai sūti-mārutaḥ

Synonyms

kapilaḥ uvācaLord Kapila said; evamthus; kṛta-matiḥdesiring; garbhein the womb; daśa-māsyaḥten-month-old; stuvanextolling; ṛṣiḥthe living entity; sadyaḥat that very time; kṣipatipropels; avācīnamturned downward; prasūtyaifor birth; sūti-mārutaḥthe wind for childbirth..

Translation

Lord Kapila continued: The ten-month-old living entity has these desires even while in the womb. But while he thus extols the Lord, the wind that helps parturition propels him forth with his face turned downward so that he may be born.

Verse 22 of 47
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