Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24


Sanskrit:

पतितो भुव्यसृङ्‌मिश्र: विष्ठाभूरिव चेष्टते ।रोरूयति गते ज्ञाने विपरीतां गतिं गत: ॥ २४ ॥

ITRANS:

patito bhuvy asṛṅ-miśraḥviṣṭhā-bhūr iva ceṣṭaterorūyati gate jñāneviparītāṁ gatiṁ gataḥ

Translation:

The child thus falls on the ground, smeared with stool and blood, and plays just like a worm germinated from the stool. He loses his superior knowledge and cries under the spell of māyā.

Purport: