Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
काठिन्यमग्निना याति भुक्तपीतेन जीवति ।
पुण्यापुण्याश्रयमयी स्थितिर्जन्तोस्तथोदरे ॥
kāṭhinyamagninā yāti bhuktapītena jīvati / puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī sthitirjantostathodare
وہ جسمانی آگ (دہاغنی) سے پختگی پاتا ہے اور کھائے پیے ہوئے سے زندہ رہتا ہے۔ یوں رحم میں جیو کی حالت پُنّیہ اور پاپ کے سہارے قائم رہتی ہے۔
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Life is sustained by dependence (food/drink), and one’s experiential condition is ethically charged (puṇya/apuṇya). The verse reinforces responsibility: deeds shape the quality of embodied life from the very start.
Auxiliary ethical-metaphysical teaching; it complements purāṇic cosmology by asserting karmic governance, though it is not itself a pañcalakṣaṇa category.
‘Agni’ can be read as transformative power—both physiological and spiritual. As agni ‘hardens’ the body, tapas/agni ‘matures’ the seeker, converting latent potential into stable realization.