Charak Samhita

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मात्रादीनां खलु गर्भकराणां भावानां सम्पदस्तथा वृत्तsस्य सौष्ठवान्मातृतश्चैवोपस्नेहोपस्वेदाभ्यां कालपरिणामात्स्वभावसंसिद्धेश्च कुक्षौ वृद्धिं प्राप्नोति ||२७||

sanskrit

With the normalcy of the matrijadi (maternal etc.) six factors responsible for the production of the fetus viz. mother (ovum) father (sperm), satmya (adaptability), rasa (nutritive fluid) and sattva (mind) along with compliance to the code and conduct of dos and don’ts in the pregnancy by the mother, the fetus obtains its nourishment through upasneha (perfusion, osmosis, active and passive transport) and upasveda (warmth) from the mother as a result of passage of time and own nature fetus obtains growth and development in uterus.

english translation

mAtrAdInAM khalu garbhakarANAM bhAvAnAM sampadastathA vRttassya sauSThavAnmAtRtazcaivopasnehopasvedAbhyAM kAlapariNAmAtsvabhAvasaMsiddhezca kukSau vRddhiM prApnoti ||27||

hk transliteration