para-cchandaṁ na viduṣā
para-cchandaṁ na viduṣā
puṣyamāṇo janena saḥ
anabhipretam āpannaḥ
pratyākhyātum anīśvaraḥ
Nourished by those who do not understand his desires, falling into undesirable condition, unable to protest, he cries.
Crying because he wants milk, his mother and others think he has a stomach ache and feed him nīma juice. When he has a stomach ache they think he is hungry, and they feed him milk. Unable to refuse, he cries. (The verb from the previous sentence is understood.)
|| 3.31.26 ||
śāyito 'śuci-paryaṅke
jantuḥ svedaja-dūṣite
neśaḥ kaṇḍūyane 'ṅgānām
āsanotthāna-ceṣṭane
Laid in an unclean bed infested with insects, he is not able to scratch his limbs, or sit or stand.
|| 3.31.27 ||
tudanty āma-tvacaṁ daṁśā
maśakā matkuṇādayaḥ
rudantaṁ vigata-jñānaṁ
kṛmayaḥ kṛmikaṁ yathā
Just as big worms bit small worms, gnats, mosquitoes and other bugs bit the baby with his soft skin, who cries in ignorance.
Āmā means soft. Kṛmikam means small worm.
|| 3.31.28 ||
ity evaṁ śaiśavaṁ bhuktvā
duḥkhaṁ paugaṇḍam eva ca
alabdhābhīpsito 'jñānād
iddha-manyuḥ śucārpitaḥ
In this way he passes through distressful infancy and boyhood .When his desires are not achieved, he becomes overcome with anger and sorrow out of ignorance.
He becomes enflamed with anger, and inundated with grief.
|| 3.31.29 ||
saha dehena mānena
vardhamānena manyunā
karoti vigrahaṁ kāmī
kāmiṣv antāya cātmanaḥ
By anger, along with increasing bodily identity, and becoming full of desires, he creates quarrel with other lusty people, leading to his own destruction.
|| 3.31.30 ||
bhūtaiḥ pañcabhir ārabdhe
dehe dehy abudho 'sakṛt
ahaṁ mamety asad-grāhaḥ
karoti kumatir matim
The ignorant, foolish jīva, in a body made of the five elements, constantly thinks in terms of I and mine, accepting the impermanent.
His ignorance is illustrated. His body is made of five elements. It is clear that the body is not the self. However, he thinks that the body is himself and objects belong to that body (I and mine). He accepts impermanent things rather than eternal things.
|| 3.31.31 ||
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