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

Verse 24 of 47
SB 3.31.24

पतितो भुव्यसृङ्मिश्रः विष्ठाभूरिव चेष्टते रोरूयति गते ज्ञाने विपरीतां गतिं गतः

patito bhuvy asṛṅ-miśraḥ viṣṭhā-bhūr iva ceṣṭate rorūyati gate jñāne viparītāṁ gatiṁ gataḥ

Synonyms

patitaḥfallen; bhuvion the earth; asṛkwith blood; miśraḥsmeared; viṣṭhā-bhūḥa worm; ivalike; ceṣṭatehe moves his limbs; rorūyaticries loudly; gatebeing lost; jñānehis wisdom; viparītāmthe opposite; gatimstate; gataḥgone to..

Translation

The child thus falls on the ground, smeared with stool and blood, and plays just like a worm germinated from the stool. He loses his superior knowledge and cries under the spell of māyā.

Verse 24 of 47
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