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अध्याय-२
जरायुजाण्डजपोतानां गर्भः ॥३३॥
[ जरायुज अण्डज पोतानां ] जरायुज, अण्डज और पोतज - इन तीन प्रकार के जीवों के [गर्भः] गर्भजन्म होता है।
Uterine birth - garbhajanma – is of three kinds, umbilical (jarāyuja – with membranous covering), incubatory (aņdaja – from an egg), and non-umbilical (potaja – without membranous covering).
The membranous covering of the young ones, connected with the umbilical cord and composed of flesh and blood, is called jarayu. Those born with jarayu are called jarāyuja. That which has a covering in form of a white shell made of sperm and ovum, hard like the nail, and globular or oval in shape, is the egg (anda). Those born from the egg are called andaja. The young ones of certain animals have their limbs developed without any covering, and are able to move about from the moment of their birth. These are called potaja. These are three types of uterine birth-garbhajanma. Children and calves are born with membranous covering. The chickens, etc., are born from egg. The young ones of the deer, the cub, etc., are born without any covering and are able to move about immediately after birth.
If these are kinds of uterine birth, who are born in special beds?
देवनारकाणामुपपादः ॥३४॥ [ देवनारकाणाम् ] देव और नारकी जीवों के [ उपपादः ] उपपाद जन्म होता है।
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