The child thus finds itself like a bird in a cage, without any freedom of movement. At this time, if it is fortunate, it will be able to recall all the difficulties encountered during its last hundred lives, and it will grieve pitifully. How could one find peace of mind in such a condition?
Endowed with consciousness from the seventh month after conception, the child is pushed down by the breaths that press the fetus during the weeks preceding delivery. Just like the worms also born from this infected abdominal cavity, it cannot remain in place.
The ten-month-old child harbors these desires even while still in its mother's womb. But while it is thus praising the Lord, the breath that promotes childbirth propels it upside down, in order to give birth to it.
Suddenly pushed by this breath, the child comes out with great difficulty, upside down, unable to breathe and deprived of memory due to the intense pain.
The child then falls to the ground, covered in excrement and blood, and moves like a worm from feces. It forgets its higher knowledge and begins to cry, bewitched by maya (the illusory energy of the Lord).
After its exit from the womb, the child is abandoned to the care of people who are unable to understand what it wants and who nevertheless take care of it. Unable to refuse what is given to it, it finds itself in an undesirable situation.
Lying on a dirty bed, soaked with sweat and infested with germs, the poor child finds himself unable to scratch himself to relieve the itching that overwhelms him, let alone sit up, stand up, or even move.
All sorts of gnats, mosquitoes, bedbugs, and other insects bite the helpless baby whose skin is so tender, just as little worms bite a larger one. Deprived of his wisdom, the child weeps bitterly.
Thus the being passes through the period of childhood, subjected to various trying situations, then he reaches his early years, where he continues to suffer from the fact that he can never obtain what he covets. Thus, enveloped by ignorance, he is unhappy and anger consumes him.
As his body grows, the distinct being, in order to silence his soul, develops his pride and anger, which leads him to harbor hostility towards beings as lustful as himself.
Under the effect of this ignorance, the distinct being considers his material body, made up of five elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether), as his own being. Thus misguided, he considers ephemeral objects as his own, and his ignorance leads him to the darkest regions.
For the sake of his body, which only causes him trouble and follows him everywhere, because he is chained to ignorance and self-interested action, he indulges in various acts that lead him towards the repetition of birth and death.