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ŚB 11.22.47

Devanagari

निषेकगर्भजन्मानि बाल्यकौमारयौवनम् ।
वयोमध्यं जरा मृत्युरित्यवस्थास्तनोर्नव ॥ ४७ ॥

Text

niṣeka-garbha-janmāni
bālya-kaumāra-yauvanam
vayo-madhyaṁ jarā mṛtyur
ity avasthās tanor nava

Synonyms

niṣeka — impregnation; garbha — gestation; janmāni — and birth; bālya — infancy; kaumāra — childhood; yauvanam — and youth; vayaḥ-madhyam — middle age; jarā — old age; mṛtyuḥ — death; iti — thus; avasthāḥ — ages; tanoḥ — of the body; nava — nine.

Translation

Impregnation, gestation, birth, infancy, childhood, youth, middle age, old age and death are the nine ages of the body.