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Shiva Purana

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मृतश्चाहं पुनर्जातो जातश्चाहं पुनर्मृतः ॥ नानायोनिसहस्राणि मया दृष्टानि जायता ॥ २६ ॥

“I am dead and born many times In these different births I have seen many types of wombs.

english translation

अधुना जातमात्रोऽहं प्राप्तसंस्कार एव च ॥ श्रेयोऽमुना करिष्यामि येन गर्भे न संभवः ॥ २७ ॥

This time when I am born and consecrated I shall strive for welfare by means of this body so that I may not have to stay in another womb in future.

english translation

गर्भस्थश्चिंतयत्येवमहं गर्भाद्विनिस्सृतः ॥ अन्वेष्यामि शिवज्ञानं संसारविनिवर्तकम् ॥ २८॥

So thinks the child in the womb “As soon as I am released from this womb I shall seek Śiva’s perfect knowledge that repels all worldly existence.”

english translation

एवं स गर्भदुःखेन महता परिपीडितः ॥ जीवः कर्मवशादास्ते मोक्षोपायं विचिंतयन् ॥ २९ ॥

Troubled and tormented by the distress in the womb as a result of his past actions the individual soul stays there pondering over the means of liberation.

english translation

यथा गिरिवराक्रांतः कश्चिद्दुःखेन तिष्ठति ॥ तथा जरायुणा देही दुःखं तिष्ठति वेष्टितः ॥ ३० ॥

Just as a traveller surrounded by huge impassable mountains on all sides stands helplessly in his distress, so also the creature in the womb enveloped by the embryonic skin stays miserably.

english translation