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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- kalalaṁ tv eka-rātreṇa
- pañca-rātreṇa budbudam
- daśāhena tu karkandhūḥ
- peśy aṇḍaṁ vā tataḥ param
kalalammixing of the sperm and ovum — mixing of the sperm and ovum; tuthen — then; ekaon the first night-rātreṇaon the first night — on the first night; pañcaby the fifth night-rātreṇaby the fifth night — by the fifth night; budbudama bubble — a bubble; daśain ten days-ahenain ten days — in ten days; tuthen — then; karkandhūḥlike a plum — like a plum; peśīa lump of flesh — a lump of flesh; aṇḍaman egg — an egg; vāor — or; tataḥthence — thence; paramafterwards — afterwards.
On the first night, the sperm and ovum mix, and on the fifth night the mixture ferments into a bubble. On the tenth night it develops into a form like a plum, and after that, it gradually turns into a lump of flesh or an egg, as the case may be.
The body of the soul develops in four different ways according to its different sources. One kind of body, that of the trees and plants, sprouts from the earth; the second kind of body grows from perspiration, as with flies, germs and bugs; the third kind of body develops from eggs; and the fourth develops from an embryo. This verse indicates that after emulsification of the ovum and sperm, the body gradually develops either into a lump of flesh or into an egg, as the case may be. In the case of birds it develops into an egg, and in the case of animals and human beings it develops into a lump of flesh.