The Compendium of Caraka 4.6.20_1

4.6.20_1

kinnu khalu garbhasyāṅgaṃ pūrvamabhinirvartate kukṣau, kuto mukhaḥ kathaṃ cāntargatastiṣṭhati, kimāhāraśca vartayati, kathaṃbhūtaśca niṣkrāmati, kaiścāyamāhāropacārairjātaḥ sadyo hanyate, kairavyādhirabhivardhate, kiṃ cāsya devādaprakopanimittā vikārāḥ saṃbhavanti āhosvinna, kiṃcāsya kālākālamṛtyvorbhāvābhāvayorbhagavānadhyavasyati, kiṃcāsya paramāyuḥ, kāni cāsya paramāyuṣo nimittānīti//

Which limb of the embryo is formed first in the womb, facing where and how does it stay inside, on what food does it subsist, in what manner does it emerge, by what dietary regimens does it, when born, immediately perish, by which does it grow free from disease, do its afflictions arise from destiny or from derangement, or not, what does the Venerable One determine regarding the existence or non-existence of timely and untimely death for it, what is its maximum lifespan, and what are the causes of its maximum lifespan?”