TEXT 10
arabhya saptaman masal
labdha-bodho pi vepitah
naikatraste suti-vatair
vistha-bhur iva sodarah
SYNONYMS
arabhyabeginning; saptamat masatfrom the seventh month; labdha-bodhahendowed with consciousness; apialthough; vepitahtossed; nanot; ekatrain one place; astehe remains; suti-vataihby the winds for childbirth; vistha-bhuhthe worm; ivalike; sa-udarahborn of the same womb.
TRANSLATION
Thus endowed with the development of consciousness from the seventh month after his conception, the child is tossed downward by the airs that press the embryo during the weeks preceding delivery. Like the worms born of the same filthy abdominal cavity, he cannot remain in one place.
PURPORT
At the end of the seventh month the child is moved by the bodily air and does not remain in the same place, for the entire uterine system becomes slackened before delivery. The worms have been described here as sodara. Sodara means born of the same mother. Since the child is born from the womb of the mother and the worms are also born of fermentation within the womb of the same mother, under the circumstances the child and the worms are actually brothers. We are very anxious to establish universal brotherhood among human beings, but we should take into consideration that even the worms are our brothers, what to speak of other living entities. Therefore, we should be concerned about all living entities.

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