Category:Womb of A Woman
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category examines the material mechanics of birth and the profound suffering the soul undergoes within the womb of a woman. Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that it is not the male semen itself that creates life; rather, under the supervision of the Supreme Lord, the eternal soul is placed within a particle of semen and injected into the womb to assume a specific body according to past karma. This process is intensely painful. The developing child suffers in a cramped, suffocating condition, praying for liberation and promising to serve God, only to forget this pledge upon birth. Furthermore, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains the strict Vedic social codes regarding procreation, noting that unregulated sex or begetting children in the wombs of lower-class women yields degraded offspring, though even the most sinful souls can be purified by chanting the holy name.
- The Mechanics of Reincarnation: The soul, acting under the subtle laws of material nature and its own karma, is injected into the womb of a woman via the father's semen, where the physical body then gradually develops.
- The Intense Suffering of Gestation: Life within the womb is described as an agonizing, airtight condition. The soul suffers immensely during these ten months and prays to the Supreme Lord for deliverance, only to face continuous suffering after birth.
- Vedic Restrictions on Procreation: Vedic civilization strictly regulates procreation. When higher-class men beget children in the wombs of lower-class women, or when sex occurs without regard for proper time and circumstance, the offspring are degraded or even ghostly.
- The Exceptional Case of the Pure Devotee: A pure devotee in the womb is fully protected by the Lord. As seen in the history of Prahlāda Mahārāja, even when living within the womb of an enemy's wife, a sinless devotee commands the respect of the demigods.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Womb of a Woman and the Process of Birth.
Pages in category "Womb of A Woman"
The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
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- A child begotten by a ksatriya in the womb of a lower-class woman is called a svada, or dog-eater. All such offspring are considered extremely sinful, but the holy name of the SPG is so strong that all of them can be purified simply by chanting
- A son begotten by a nisada in the womb of a sudra woman is called a pukkasa. A child begotten by a ksatriya in the womb of the daughter of a sudra is called an ugra
- After the child comes out (from the womb of the mother), the suffering continues. The mother undoubtedly takes much care, but still the child cries because he is suffering
- Although he (Daksa) had to give up his body and take birth from the womb of a woman impregnated by the semen of a ksatriya, he received all opulence by the grace of Lord Siva. These are the subtle laws of material nature
- As soon as I die, again I will have to enter into the womb of a particular mother to take birth again. So where is the happiness? In the womb of the mother to live for ten months in a very awkward position - we have forgotten - that is not very happiness
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- If the developing embryo is destroyed in some way or other, the living entity has to take shelter in another body or in the womb of another woman
- Indra and the demigods accepted the authoritative statements of Narada Muni and immediately offered their respects to the devotee by circumambulating the woman in whose womb he was living
- It is a fact that you have taken birth from the womb of an unfortunate woman, and by being fed from her breast you have grown up
- It is not the semen of the man that creates life within the womb of a woman; rather, the living entity, the soul, takes shelter in a particle of semen and is then pushed into the womb of a woman. Then the body develops
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- Just like packed the child remains within the womb of the mother. It is very, very painful. But by the grace of God he lives. Otherwise it is suffocating. Just imagine if you are put in a airtight box, tied up, hands and legs. How long you can live?
- Just like the father impregnates within the womb of the mother, the seed is given by the father, the mother develops the body, similarly, in this material world we have come from Krsna. He is the seed-giving father
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- Kasyapa wanted to impress this fact (Siva places ghosts in the wombs of women, who engage in sex regardless of time) upon Diti so that she might wait for a while
- King Indra said: In the womb of this woman, the wife of the demon Hiranyakasipu, is the seed of that great demon. Therefore, let her remain in our custody until her child is delivered, and then we shall release her
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- Narada Muni replied: The child within this woman's womb is faultless and sinless. Indeed, he is a great devotee, a powerful servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore you will not be able to kill him
- Now unite in sexual life as man and woman, and in this way, by sexual intercourse, you will be able to beget hundreds of children in the womb of this girl to increase the population
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- The men of the higher classes - the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas - do not beget children in the wombs of lower-class women
- The purusa causes the birth of a child because the man injects the soul, which is sheltered in the semen, into the womb of the woman
- The small particle, the soul, which is measured as one ten-thousandth part of the tip of the hair, when it is placed in the womb of the woman by the man, then the body grows. That is the seed
- There are bugs biting or there are pains in his stomach; the child is crying, and the mother does not know how to pacify him. His suffering begins in the womb of his mother
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- We say that when the life, living entity, is there in the semina and it is put into the woman's womb, then body develops. Therefore, the beginning is the life. This is practical. And this life is the part and parcel of the supreme life
- When the child remains within the womb of his mother, he feels very uncomfortable, and prays to God, Please relieve me from this awkward position, and this life I shall fully engage myself in developing my God consciousness, or Krsna consciousness
- When the living entity takes shelter in the womb of a woman through the injection of the semen of a man, there is an emulsification of the man's and woman's discharges, and thus a body is formed the size of a pea, gradually developing into a complete body
- Wombs of women