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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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चतुर्भिर्धातवः सप्त पञ्चभिः क्षुत्तृडुद्भवः । षड्भिर्जरायुणा वीतः कुक्षौ भ्राम्यति दक्षिणे ॥४॥
caturbhir dhātavaḥ sapta pañcabhiḥ kṣut-tṛḍ-udbhavaḥ ṣaḍbhir jarāyuṇā vītaḥ kukṣau bhrāmyati dakṣiṇe
WORD BY WORD
caturbhiḥ within four months; dhātavaḥ ingredients; sapta seven; pañcabhiḥ within five months; kṣut-tṛṭ of hunger and thirst; udbhavaḥ appearance; ṣaḍbhiḥ within six months; jarāyuṇā by the amnion; vītaḥ enclosed; kukṣau in the abdomen; bhrāmyati moves; dakṣiṇe 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.
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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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