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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12

Saṃsāra-duḥkha: Karmic Descent, Garbhavāsa, Life’s Anxieties, Death, and the Call to Jñāna-Bhakti

Devanagari script

मासे द्वितीये पूर्णे पुरुषाकारमात्रतामुपगमय मासत्रितये पूर्णे करचरणाद्यवयवभावमुपगम्य चतुर्षु मासेषु गतेषु सर्वावयवानां संधिभेदपरिज्ञानं पंचस्वतीतेषु नखानामभिव्यंजककता षट्स्वतीतेषु नखसंधिपरिस्फुटतामुपगम्य नाभिसूत्रेण पुष्यमाणममेध्यमूत्रसिक्तांगं जरायुणा बंधितरक्तास्थिक्रिमिवसामज्जास्नायुकेशादिदूषिते कुत्सिते शरीरे निवासिनं स्वयमप्येवं परिदूषितदेहं मातुश्च कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णभुक्तदह्यमात्मानं दृष्ट्वा देही पूर्वजन्मस्मरणानुभावात्पूर्वानुभूतनरकदुःथानि च स्मृत्वांतर्दुःखेन च परिदह्यमानो मातुर्देहातिमूत्रादिरुक्षेण दह्यमान एवं मनसि प्रलयति ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

māse dvitīye pūrṇe puruṣākāramātratāmupagamaya māsatritaye pūrṇe karacaraṇādyavayavabhāvamupagamya caturṣu māseṣu gateṣu sarvāvayavānāṃ saṃdhibhedaparijñānaṃ paṃcasvatīteṣu nakhānāmabhivyaṃjakakatā ṣaṭsvatīteṣu nakhasaṃdhiparisphuṭatāmupagamya nābhisūtreṇa puṣyamāṇamamedhyamūtrasiktāṃgaṃ jarāyuṇā baṃdhitaraktāsthikrimivasāmajjāsnāyukeśādidūṣite kutsite śarīre nivāsinaṃ svayamapyevaṃ paridūṣitadehaṃ mātuśca kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇabhuktadahyamātmānaṃ dṛṣṭvā dehī pūrvajanmasmaraṇānubhāvātpūrvānubhūtanarakaduḥthāni ca smṛtvāṃtarduḥkhena ca paridahyamāno māturdehātimūtrādirukṣeṇa dahyamāna evaṃ manasi pralayati || 12 ||

Translation

第二个月圆满时，胚胎仅具人形轮廓。第三个月圆满时，生出手足等肢体。四个月过去，能辨识肢体关节。五个月过去，指甲显现；六个月过去，指甲关节分明。经由脐带滋养，其身浸于不净尿液中；受胎盘束缚，居于由血、骨、虫、脂、髓、筋、发等污秽构成的躯体内。见自身处于如此染污之躯——又见母亲因食辛辣、酸咸及过热之物而受灼——此具身灵魂，因宿世记忆之力，忆起过往地狱之苦；内受忧伤焚烧，外受母体尿液等粗秽之物灼烫，遂陷入精神昏迷之中。

Word by Word

मासेin the month

द्वितीयेsecond

पूर्णेcompleted

पुरुषाकारमात्रताम्the mere state of having human form

उपगमयhaving attained

मासत्रितयेin the third month (three-month period)

पूर्णेcompleted

करचरणाद्यवयवभावम्the state of having limbs such as hands and feet

उपगम्यhaving attained

चतुर्षुin four

मासेषुmonths

गतेषुhaving passed

सर्वावयवानाम्of all limbs

संधिभेदपरिज्ञानम्knowledge of the differentiation of joints

पञ्चसुin five (months)

अतीतेषुhaving elapsed

नखानाम्of nails

अभिव्यञ्जकताmanifestation/appearance

षट्सुin six (months)

अतीतेषुhaving elapsed

नखसंधिपरिस्फुटताम्clear distinctness of nail-joints

उपगम्यhaving attained

नाभिसूत्रेणby the umbilical cord

पुष्यमाणम्being nourished

अमेध्यमूत्रसिक्ताङ्गम्whose limbs are drenched with impure urine

जरायुणाby the placenta/womb-membrane

बन्धितरक्तास्थिक्रिमिवसामज्जास्नायुकेशादिदूषितेin a body polluted with bound blood, bones, worms, fat, marrow, sinews, hair, etc.

कुत्सितेdisgusting

शरीरेin the body

निवासिनम्dwelling (therein)

स्वयम्oneself

अपिalso

एवम्thus

परिदूषितदेहम्a thoroughly defiled body

मातुःof the mother

चand

कटुpungent

अम्लsour

लवणsalty

अतिexcessively

उष्णhot

भुक्तeaten

दह्यम्being burned/tormented

आत्मानम्the self

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

देहीthe embodied soul

पूर्वजन्मस्मरणानुभावात्due to the effect of remembering previous births

पूर्वानुभूतनरकदुःखानिthe hellish sufferings previously experienced

चand

स्मृत्वाhaving remembered

अन्तर्दुःखेनwith inner pain

चand

परिदह्यमानःbeing scorched

मातुःof the mother

देहात्from the body

अतिexcessively

मूत्रurine

आदिetc.

रुक्षेणby the harsh/drying (fluid)

दह्यमानःbeing burned

एवम्thus

मनसिin the mind

प्रलयतिlaments/despairs

Speaker

Suta (narrating Purāṇic teaching; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It uses garbha-duḥkha (suffering in the womb) to awaken vairāgya: the jīva’s embodiment is shown as impure and painful, prompting remembrance of karmic bondage and the need for liberation-oriented life.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By exposing the misery and helplessness of embodied existence, it implicitly turns the mind toward taking refuge in the Divine; bhakti is supported by such dispassion (vairāgya) and awareness of samsāra’s defects.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Primarily śāstric anatomy/embryology used for dharma-teaching rather than a Vedāṅga technical topic; the practical takeaway is contemplative discipline—meditating on bodily impurity and karmic causality to strengthen renunciation.