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4. Potri-thiru-ahaval Beginning with the elephant and ending with the ant escaping from their unfailing wombs by virtue of good Karma, escaping during conception in human form from the undiminishing germs in the mother's uterus, escaping in the first moon month from the danger of the thaandri-(fruit of Terminalia bellerica) shaped foetus splitting into two, escaping in the second moon month from the amorphous State, escaping in the third moon month from the profusion of the amniotic fluid, escaping in the twice two moons from the great darkness, escaping in the fifth moon from abortion, escaping in the sixth moon from the scandalous pruritus, escaping in the seventh moon from premature birth, escaping in the eighth moon from tribulations, escaping in the ninth moon from the troubles which occur in that month, escaping in the tenth moon from the sorrow of the sea of misery which a babe suffers slong with its mother (11-25): Escaping during each year from fears consequent on many things such as earning and hoarding: escaping from the bother of morning routine, the mid-day's acute hunger, the mid night, sleep and travels: escaping from the piercing glances of women, of their black tresses, red lips, pearly teeth, unique charm of their gait resembling that of the seasonal peacock; and close-set bra-bursting irradiant thrust forward, waist-wearying upturned spread-out young breasts with no room for even a tooth-pick to penetrate in between: (26-35): 157