कललं त्वेकरात्रेण पञ्चरात्रेण बुद्बुदम् । दशाहेन तु कर्कन्धू: पेश्यण्डं वा तत: परम् ॥ २ ॥
kalalam tv eka-ratrena panca-ratrena budbudam dasahena tu karkandhuh pesy andam va tatah param
- kalalam
- mixing of the sperm and ovum
- tu
- then
- eka-ratrena
- on the first night
- panca-ratrena
- by the fifth night
- budbudam
- a bubble
- dasa-ahena
- in ten days
- tu
- then
- karkandhuh
- like a plum
- pesi
- a lump of flesh
- andam
- an egg
- va
- or
- tatah
- thence
- param
- 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.