Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
जानुपृष्ठे तथा नेत्रे जानुमध्ये च नासिका ।
स्फिचौ पार्ष्णिद्वयस्थे च बाहुजङ्घे बहिः स्थिते ॥
jānupṛṣṭhe tathā netre jānumadhye ca nāsikā / sphicau pārṣṇidvayasthe ca bāhujaṅghe bahiḥ sthite
آنکھیں گھٹنوں کے پچھلے حصے میں ہوتی ہیں اور ناک گھٹنوں کے درمیان؛ کولہے دونوں ایڑیوں کے پاس ہوتے ہیں، جبکہ بازو اور پنڈلیاں باہر کی طرف پڑی رہتی ہیں۔
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By detailing the fetus’s cramped arrangement, the Purāṇa cultivates disgust for complacent attachment to the body and encourages reflection on the pains inherent in embodiment.
Ancillary instruction; not a genealogical/cosmic chronology unit. It functions as saṃsāra-bodha (awakening to worldly suffering).
The sensory organs (eyes/nose) being ‘pressed’ into awkward positions symbolizes how perception in saṃsāra is constrained and distorted by conditioning until liberation ‘straightens’ awareness.