Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
एवं वृद्धिं क्रमाद्याति जन्तुः स्त्रीगर्भसंस्थितः ।
अन्यसत्त्वोदरे जन्तोर्यथा रूपं तथा स्थितिः ॥
evaṃ vṛddhiṃ kramādyāti jantuḥ strīgarbhasaṃsthitaḥ / anyasattvodare jantoryathā rūpaṃ tathā sthitiḥ
Así, la criatura situada en el vientre de una mujer alcanza gradualmente su crecimiento. En el vientre de otro ser, la condición de la criatura es conforme a su forma (esto es, según su tipo corporal, así es su disposición).
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Birth is presented as rule-bound: embodiment follows lawful patterns (form/species and the ‘womb of another’). This underlines moral causality—one’s prior tendencies and deeds shape one’s embodied situation.
Not directly pañcalakṣaṇa; it supports purāṇic moral cosmology that undergirds manvantara and genealogical narratives by affirming karmic order.
‘Another being’s belly’ highlights radical dependence: the jīva’s autonomy is illusory until it realizes the Self beyond forms (rūpa) and conditions (sthiti).