चतुर्भिर्धातव: सप्त पञ्चभि: क्षुत्तृडुद्भव: । षड्भिर्जरायुणा वीत: कुक्षौ भ्राम्यति दक्षिणे ॥ ४ ॥
caturbhir dhatavah sapta pancabhih ksut-trd-udbhavah sadbhir jarayuna vitah kuksau bhramyati daksine
- caturbhih
- within four months
- dhatavah
- ingredients
- sapta
- seven
- pancabhih
- within five months
- ksut-trt
- of hunger and thirst
- udbhavah
- appearance
- sadbhih
- within six months
- jarayuna
- by the amnion
- vitah
- enclosed
- kuksau
- in the abdomen
- bhramyati
- moves
- daksine
- on the right side.
Within four months from the date of conception, the seven essential ingredients of the body, namely chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen, come into existence. At the end of five months, hunger and thirst make themselves felt, and at the end of six months, the fetus, enclosed by the amnion, begins to move on the right side of the abdomen.