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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- kapila uvāca
- evaṁ kṛta-matir garbhe
- daśa-māsyaḥ stuvann ṛṣiḥ
- sadyaḥ kṣipaty avācīnaṁ
- prasūtyai sūti-mārutaḥ
kapilaḥLord Kapila said uvācaLord Kapila said — Lord Kapila said; evamthus — thus; kṛtadesiring-matiḥdesiring — desiring; garbhein the womb — in the womb; daśaten-month-old-māsyaḥten-month-old — ten-month-old; stuvanextolling — extolling; ṛṣiḥthe living entity — the living entity; sadyaḥat that very time — at that very time; kṣipatipropels — propels; avācīnamturned downward — turned downward; prasūtyaifor birth — for birth; sūtithe wind for childbirth-mārutaḥthe wind for childbirth — the wind for childbirth.
Lord Kapila continued: The ten-month-old living entity has these desires even while in the womb. But while he thus extols the Lord, the wind that helps parturition propels him forth with his face turned downward so that he may be born.