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Shloka 3

Saṃsāra-gahana-jñāna: Vidura’s Account of Embodiment, Bondage, and Dharmic Release (संसारगहन-ज्ञानम्)

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत स्त्रीपर्वके अन्तर्गत जलप्रदानिकपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रके शीकका निवारणविषयक तीसरा अध्याय पूरा हुआ,ततः स पञ्चमे5तीते मासे वासमकल्पयत्‌ | ततः सर्वाज्भिसम्पूर्णो गर्भो वै स तु जायते विदुरजीने कहा--महाराज! जब गर्भाशयमें वीर्य और रजका संयोग होता है तभीसे जीवोंकी गर्भवृद्धिरूप सारी क्रिया शास्त्रके अनुसार देखी जाती हैं।- आरम्भमें जीव कलिल (वीर्य और रजके संयोग)-के रूपमें रहता है, फिर कुछ दिन बाद पाँचवाँ महीना बीतनेपर वह चैतन्यरूपसे प्रकट होकर पिण्डमें निवास करने लगता है। इसके बाद वह गर्भस्थ पिण्ड सर्वांगपूर्ण हो जाता है

tataḥ sa pañcame māsātīte vāsam akalpayat | tataḥ sarvāṅgabhisampūrṇo garbho vai sa tu jāyate | (vidura uvāca) ārambhe jīvaḥ kalila-rūpeṇa tiṣṭhati; paścāt pañcamo māsaḥ atīte sati sa cetanya-rūpeṇa prakaṭībhūya piṇḍe nivāsaṃ karoti; tataḥ paraṃ sa garbhasthaḥ piṇḍaḥ sarvāṅga-sampūrṇaḥ bhavati |

ヴィドゥラは言った。「王よ。胎内において男の精と女の生殖液とが和合するとき、胚の成長の全過程は、シャーストラに説かれた秩序に従って進む。初め、生命はその和合から生じた『カリラ』—微小で未分化の塊—として存在する。第五の月が過ぎると意識が顕れ、生命は肉塊に住まう。やがて胎児は諸肢すべてを備えて完成する。」

ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पञ्चमेin the fifth
पञ्चमे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
अतीतेwhen (it) had passed
अतीते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअतीत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
मासेin the month
मासे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
वासम्dwelling/residence
वासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अकल्पयत्arranged/made
अकल्पयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकल्प्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सर्वाङ्गभिःwith all limbs/parts
सर्वाङ्गभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वाङ्ग
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
सम्पूर्णःcomplete
सम्पूर्णः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्पूर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गर्भःthe embryo/fetus
गर्भः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सःhe/that (embryo)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/and
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
जायतेis born/comes into being
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent (Laṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
G
garbha (embryo/fetus)
K
kalila (early embryonic mass)
P
piṇḍa (fetal body-mass)

Educational Q&A

Vidura frames human development as an ordered, śāstra-governed process: life begins with conception, progresses through defined stages, and by the fifth month consciousness is said to become manifest, culminating in a fully formed body. The ethical undertone is reverence for life and trust in normative knowledge (śāstra) while advising the king.

In the Stree Parva context, Vidura addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra with instructive counsel. Here he shifts to a didactic description of fetal development—kalila to conscious residence in the piṇḍa and then full-limbed completion—using it as authoritative teaching within his broader guidance to the grieving king.