Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.36.3-4

yasya nirhraditenanga

nisthurena gavam nrnam

patanty akalato garbhah

sravanti sma bhayena vai

nirvisanti ghana yasya

kakudy acala-sankaya

tam tiksna-srngam udviksya

gopyo gopas ca tatrasuh

SYNONYMS

yasya -- whose; nirhraditena -- by the reverberating sound; anga -- my dear King (Pariksit); nisthurena -- rough; gavam -- of cows; nrnam -- of humans; patanti -- fall; akalatah -- untimely; garbhah -- the embryos; sravanti sma -- are miscarried; bhayena -- out of fear; vai -- indeed; nirvisanti -- enter; ghanah -- clouds; yasya -- whose; kakudi -- onto the hump; acala -- as a mountain; sankaya -- by the mistaken identification; tam -- him; tiksna -- sharp; srngam -- whose horns; udviksya -- seeing; gopyah -- the cowherd women; gopah -- the cowherd men; ca -- and; tatrasuh -- became frightened.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, clouds hovered about sharp-horned Aristasura's hump, mistaking it for a mountain, and when the cowherd men and ladies caught sight of the demon, they were struck with terror. Indeed, the strident reverberation of his roar so frightened the pregnant cows and women that they lost their fetuses in miscarriages.

PURPORT

The Vedic literature categorizes miscarriages as follows: a-caturthad bhavet sravah patah pancama-sasthayoh/ ata urdhvam prasutih syat. "Up to the fourth month a premature delivery is called srava, in the fifth and sixth months it is called pata, and after this it is considered a birth (prasuti)."

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