SB 5.8.5
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- tasyā utpatantyā antarvatnyā uru-bhayāvagalito
- yoni-nirgato garbhaḥ srotasi nipapāta
SYNONYMS
tasyāḥ—of it; utpatantyāḥ—forcefully jumping up; antarvatnyāḥ—having a full womb; uru-bhaya—due to great fear; avagalitaḥ—having slipped out; yoni-nirgataḥ—coming out of the womb; garbhaḥ—the offspring; srotasi—in the flowing water; nipapāta—fell down.
TRANSLATION
The doe was pregnant, and when it jumped out of fear, the baby deer fell from its womb into the flowing waters of the river.
PURPORT
There is every chance of a woman's having a miscarriage if she experiences some ecstatic emotion or is frightened. Pregnant women should therefore be spared all these external influences.