Shloka 4
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
उपाङ्गान्यङ्गुली-नेत्र-नासास्य-श्रवणानि च ।
प्ररोहं यान्ति चाङ्गेभ्यस्तद्वत्तेभ्यो नखादिकम् ॥
upāṅgāny aṅgulī-netra-nāsāsya-śravaṇāni ca | prarohaṃ yānti cāṅgebhyas tadvat tebhyo nakhādikam ||
The subsidiary parts—fingers, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears—sprout forth from the limbs; and likewise from those arise nails and the rest.
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FAQs
The text emphasizes ordered development and dependence of ‘finer’ structures upon ‘primary’ structures, suggesting a layered causality that parallels moral causality in life.
Didactic exposition; micro-sarga (formation) rather than cosmic genealogy or manvantara.
Secondary organs arising from primary limbs can symbolize how sensory engagement (indriya) ‘sprouts’ from embodiment—leading to experience, attachment, and further karma unless guided by dharma.