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## Āgama Sūtra 28, Payannāsūtra-5, ‘Tandulavaicārik’
Sūtrasūtra - 29
It does not have excrement, urine, phlegm, or nasal mucus. And food is transformed into bone, marrow, nails, hair, beard, and mustache. Sūtra - 30
Food transformation and respiration all occur within the body region. And it does not consume the Kavala food. Sūtra - 31
In this way, the suffering being obtains a body in the womb and resides in the impure region. Sūtra - 32
O Āyushmān! Then, in nine months, the mother gives birth to the fetus she carries in one of four forms. It is born as a woman, a man, a eunuch, or a mass of flesh. Sūtra - 33
If the semen is less and the menstrual fluid is more, then a woman is born. And if the menstrual fluid is less and the semen is more, then a man is born. Sūtra - 34
If both menstrual fluid and semen are in equal amounts, then a eunuch is born. And if only the menstrual fluid is stable, then a mass of flesh is born. Sūtra - 35
At the time of birth, the child comes out headfirst or feet first. If it comes out straight, then it is born safely. But if it comes out crooked, then it dies. Sūtra - 36
A sinful being, born impure and residing in an impure form in the womb, lives for 12 years at the most. Sūtra - 37
At the time of birth and death, the being experiences suffering and, being bewildered by it, cannot remember its previous birth. Sūtra - 38
Then, crying and causing pain to its mother's body, it comes out of the vaginal opening. Sūtra - 39
In the womb, beings are born in an impure place like the Kuṁbhipāk Naraka, filled with excrement, feces, and urine. Sūtra - 40
Just as worms are born in excrement, so too is a being born in the midst of the man's bile, phlegm, semen, blood, and urine. Sūtra - 41
How can that being be purified, whose origin is in the collection of semen and blood? Sūtra - 42
Born from impurity, always filled with the stench of excrement, and constantly expecting purity, how can one be proud of such a body?
Muni Dīparatnasāgar Kṛt " (Tandulavaicārik) Āgama Sūtra - Hindi Anuvād
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