Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
तले तु जानुपार्श्वाभ्यां करौ न्यस्य स वर्धते ।
अङ्गुष्ठो चोपरि न्यस्तौ जान्वोरग्रे तथाङ्गुली ॥
tale tu jānu-pārśvābhyāṃ karau nyasya sa vardhate / aṅguṣṭho copari nyastau jānvoragre tathāṅgulī
وبيديه موضوعتين على أخمصي القدمين قرب جانبي الركبتين ينمو؛ وتكون الإبهامان في الأعلى، وكذلك الأصابع في مقدَّم الركبتين.
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The text emphasizes how early life is constrained and non-volitional. This supports an ethical mood of humility and compassion toward embodied beings who begin life in helplessness.
Not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa topic; it belongs to purāṇic upadeśa (instruction) on saṃsāra and the body.
The folded posture symbolizes the jīva ‘contracted’ by karma—potential consciousness compressed into a narrow field until birth unfolds sensory life.