श्रीभगवानुवाच कर्मणा दैवनेत्रेण जन्तुर्देहोपपत्तये । स्त्रिया: प्रविष्ट उदरं पुंसो रेत:कणाश्रय: ॥ १ ॥
sri-bhagavan uvaca karmana daiva-netrena jantur dehopapattaye striyah pravista udaram pumso retah-kanasrayah
- sri-bhagavan uvaca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- karmana
- by the result of work
- daiva-netrena
- under the supervision of the Lord
- jantuh
- the living entity
- deha
- a body
- upapattaye
- for obtaining
- striyah
- of a woman
- pravistah
- enters
- udaram
- the womb
- pumsah
- of a man
- retah
- of semen
- kana
- a particle
- asrayah
- dwelling in.
The Personality of Godhead said: Under the supervision of the Supreme Lord and according to the result of his work, the living entity, the soul, is made to enter into the womb of a woman through the particle of male semen to assume a particular type of body.