Shloka 25
The Lord’s Supervision of Embodiment: Fetal Development, Womb-Suffering, and the Jīva’s Prayer (Garbha-stuti) — and the Trap of Māyā
परच्छन्दं न विदुषा पुष्यमाणो जनेन स: । अनभिप्रेतमापन्न: प्रत्याख्यातुमनीश्वर: ॥ २५ ॥
para-cchandaṁ na viduṣā puṣyamāṇo janena saḥ anabhipretam āpannaḥ pratyākhyātum anīśvaraḥ
Pagkalabas mula sa sinapupunan, ang sanggol ay inaalagaan ng mga taong hindi nauunawaan ang kanyang nais. Hindi niya kayang tumanggi sa anumang ibinibigay, kaya napapahulog siya sa mga kalagayang di niya ninanais.
Within the abdomen of the mother, the nourishment of the child was being carried on by nature’s own arrangement. The atmosphere within the abdomen was not at all pleasing, but as far as the child’s feeding was concerned, it was being properly done by the laws of nature. But upon coming out of the abdomen the child falls into a different atmosphere. He wants to eat one thing, but something else is given to him because no one knows his actual demand, and he cannot refuse the undesirables given to him. Sometimes the child cries for the mother’s breast, but because the nurse thinks that it is due to pain within his stomach that he is crying, she supplies him some bitter medicine. The child does not want it, but he cannot refuse it. He is put in very awkward circumstances, and the suffering continues.
FAQs
This verse explains that a person who lacks true knowledge becomes dependent on others for maintenance and is pushed by their desires, losing the power to refuse unwanted situations.
It is the conditioned soul’s lamentation (presented in the womb narrative), describing how ignorance and karma make one helpless and dependent in material life.
Cultivate discrimination (what is truly beneficial) and strengthen bhakti and sādhana so your choices are guided by dharma rather than social pressure or dependency.