पतितो भुव्यसृङ्मिश्र: विष्ठाभूरिव चेष्टते । रोरूयति गते ज्ञाने विपरीतां गतिं गत: ॥ २४ ॥
patito bhuvy asrn-misrah vistha-bhur iva cestate roruyati gate jnane viparitam gatim gatah
- patitah
- fallen
- bhuvi
- on the earth
- asrk
- with blood
- misrah
- smeared
- vistha-bhuh
- a worm
- iva
- like
- cestate
- he moves his limbs
- roruyati
- cries loudly
- gate
- being lost
- jnane
- his wisdom
- viparitam
- the opposite
- gatim
- state
- gatah
- gone to.
The child thus falls on the ground, smeared with stool and blood, and plays just like a worm germinated from the stool. He loses his superior knowledge and cries under the spell of maya.