Tritiya Skandha Adhyaya 31 Shloka 22 - Srimad Bhagavatam | Khmer | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 22

The Lord’s Supervision of Embodiment: Fetal Development, Womb-Suffering, and the Jīva’s Prayer (Garbha-stuti) — and the Trap of Māyā

Devanagari script

कपिल उवाच एवं कृतमतिर्गर्भे दशमास्य: स्तुवन्नृषि: । सद्य: क्षिपत्यवाचीनं प्रसूत्यै सूतिमारुत: ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

kapila uvāca evaṁ kṛta-matir garbhe daśa-māsyaḥ stuvann ṛṣiḥ sadyaḥ kṣipaty avācīnaṁ prasūtyai sūti-mārutaḥ

Translation

ព្រះកបិលមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា—សត្វជីវិតដែលមានអាយុដប់ខែក្នុងផ្ទៃម្តាយ មានចិត្តតាំងมั่นសរសើរព្រះអម្ចាស់; ប៉ុន្តែខ្យល់ជួយសម្រាលកូន បណ្ដេញគាត់ចេញភ្លាមៗ ដោយឲ្យមុខចុះក្រោម ដើម្បីឲ្យកើតមក។

Synonyms

कपिलःKapila

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

कृतमतिःhaving formed resolve

गर्भेin the womb

दशमास्यःten-month (old)

स्तुवन्praising

ऋषिःthe sage (the fetus)

सद्यःimmediately

क्षिपतिthrows/casts

अवाचीनम्downward; headfirst

प्रसूत्यैfor delivery/birth

सूतिमारुतःthe birth-wind (labor wind)

Characters & Entities

Kapila

the jīva (child in the womb)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the soul’s condition in the womb?

This verse describes the ten-month child becoming prayerful and resolved within the womb, yet being forcibly pushed downward by the wind of childbirth—showing how embodied life is driven by material processes despite inner spiritual awareness.

Why does Lord Kapila describe the baby being thrown downward at birth?

In Kapila’s teaching on saṁsāra, birth is not portrayed as fully voluntary; the jīva is compelled by the laws of nature and karma, and the ‘wind of parturition’ initiates delivery, marking the soul’s entry into further material experience.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Remember that many life-changes arrive suddenly and beyond control; cultivate steady devotion and remembrance of the Lord now, so spiritual resolve remains firm even when nature’s forces and circumstances push life in new directions.