Shloka 20
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
भ्रष्टज्ञानो बालभावं ततो जन्तुः प्रपद्यते ।
ततः कौमारकावस्थां यौवनं वृद्धतामपि ॥
bhraṣṭajñāno bālabhāvaṃ tato jantuḥ prapadyate | tataḥ kaumārakāvasthāṃ yauvanaṃ vṛddhatām api ||
ज्ञान से पतित होकर वह जीव तब बाल्यावस्था में प्रवेश करता है; फिर किशोरावस्था, युवावस्था और अंततः वृद्धावस्था को भी प्राप्त होता है।
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FAQs
The life-course is portrayed as a compelled progression under ignorance; recognizing this impermanence encourages dharmic living and pursuit of liberating insight before old age and death arrive.
Didactic teaching about embodied existence (Sarga/Pratisarga-related instruction), not primarily Manvantara or Vaṃśa material.
The ‘fall from knowledge’ preceding the life-stages suggests that time-bound identity (age, social role) is built upon forgetfulness of the Self; spiritual practice is a reversal—recovering what was veiled.