Pearls of Wisdom - 62

Process of birth (Explained by Lord Kapila):
(Continued...)

In the course of the month, a head is formed, and at the end of two months hands, feet and other limbs take shape. By the end of three months, the nails, fingers, toes, body hairs, bones and skin appear, as do the organ of generation and other apertures in the body, namely the eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth and anus.

Within four months from date of conception, the seven essential elements of the body, namely bile, 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 foetus, enclosed by the amnion, begins to move on the right side of the abdomen.

(To be continued...)

Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 31 Verses 3-4