Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 22: Enumeration of the Elements of Material Creation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.22.47

niṣeka-garbha-janmāni

bālya-kaumāra-yauvanam

vayo-madhyaḿ jarā mṛtyur

ity avasthās tanor nava

SYNONYMS

niṣeka — impregnation; garbha — gestation; janmāni — and birth; bālya — infancy; kaumāra — childhood; yauvanam — and youth; vayaḥ-madhyam — middle age; jarā — old age; mṛtyuḥ — death; iti — thus; avasthāḥ — ages; tanoḥ — of the body; nava — nine.

TRANSLATION

Impregnation, gestation, birth, infancy, childhood, youth, middle age, old age and death are the nine ages of the body.

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