गर्भे बाल्येऽप्यपौष्कल्यादेकादशविधं तदा । लिङ्गं न दृश्यते यून: कुह्वां चन्द्रमसो यथा ॥ ७२ ॥
garbhe balye ’py apauskalyad ekadasa-vidham tada lingam na drsyate yunah kuhvam candramaso yatha
- garbhe
- in the womb
- balye
- in boyhood
- api
- also
- apauskalyat
- because of immaturity
- ekadasa
- the ten senses and the mind
- vidham
- in the form of
- tada
- at that time
- lingam
- the subtle body or false ego
- na
- not
- drsyate
- is visible
- yunah
- of a youth
- kuhvam
- during the dark-moon night
- candramasah
- the moon
- yatha
- as.
When one is a youth, all the ten senses and the mind are completely visible. However, in the mother’s womb or in the boyhood state, the sense organs and the mind remain covered, just as the full moon is covered by the darkness of the dark-moon night.