11004001a kathaM saMsAragahanaM vijJeyaM vadatAM vara
11004001c etad icchAmy ahaM zrotunM tattvam AkhyAhi pRcchataH 'dhRtarASTra said, ‘O foremost speakers, how may the wilderness of this world be known? I desire to hear this. Asked by me, tell me this.’
11004002 vidura uvAca 'vidura said,
11004002a janmaprabhRti bhUtAnAGM kriyAsH sarvAzH zRNu prabho ‘I will describe to thee all the acts of creatures from their first conception.
11004002c pUrvam eveha kalale vasate kiJM cid antaram At the outset it lives in the admixture of blood and the vital fluid. Then it grows little by little.
11004003a tatasH sa paJcame 'tIte mAse mAMsamM prakalpayet Then on the expiry of the fifth month it assumes shape.
11004003c tatasH sarvAGgasamMpUrNo garbho mAse prajAyate It next becomes a foetus with all its limbs completed,
11004004a amedhyamadhye vasati mAMsazoNitalepane and lives in a very impure place, covered with flesh and blood.
11004004c tatas tu vAyuvegena UrdhvapAdo hy adhazHzirAH Then, through the action of the wind, its lower limbs are turned upwards and the head comes downwards.
