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ŚB 3.31.3

Devanagari

मासेन तु शिरो द्वाभ्यां बाह्वङ्‌घ्र्याद्यङ्गविग्रह: ।
नखलोमास्थिचर्माणि लिङ्गच्छिद्रोद्भवस्त्रिभि: ॥ ३ ॥

Text

māsena tu śiro dvābhyāṁ
bāhv-aṅghry-ādy-aṅga-vigrahaḥ
nakha-lomāsthi-carmāṇi
liṅga-cchidrodbhavas tribhiḥ

Synonyms

māsena — within a month; tu — then; śiraḥ — a head; dvābhyām — in two months; bāhu — arms; aṅghri — feet; ādi — and so on; aṅga — limbs; vigrahaḥ — form; nakha — nails; loma — body hair; asthi — bones; carmāṇi — and skin; liṅga — organ of generation; chidra — apertures; udbhavaḥ — appearance; tribhiḥ — within three months.

Translation

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