षड्भिर्जरायुणा वीतः कुक्षौ भ्राम्यति दक्षिणे ॥४॥
caturbhir dhÄtavaḥ sapta
pañcabhiḥ ká¹£ut-tá¹›á¸-udbhavaḥ
á¹£aá¸bhir jarÄyuá¹‡Ä vÄ«taḥ
kuká¹£au bhrÄmyati daká¹£iṇe
caturbhiḥ - within four months; dhÄtavaḥ - ingredients; sapta - seven; pañcabhiḥ - within five months; ká¹£ut-tṛṠ- of hunger and thirst; udbhavaḥ - appearance; á¹£aá¸bhiḥ - within six months; jarÄyuá¹‡Ä - by the amnion; vÄ«taḥ - enclosed; kuká¹£au - in the abdomen; bhrÄmyati - moves; daká¹£iṇe - on the right side.
Within four months from the date of conception, the seven essential ingredients of the body, namely chyle, 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 fetus, enclosed by the amnion, begins to move on the right side of the abdomen.
When the body of the child is completely formed at the end of six months, the child, if he is male, begins to move on the right side, and if female, she tries to move on the left side.
