Shloka 9
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
Ainsi, la créature établie dans le ventre d’une femme parvient peu à peu à la croissance. Dans le ventre d’un autre être, l’état de la créature est conforme à sa forme (c’est-à-dire : selon son type corporel, telle est sa disposition).
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FAQs
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).