Childbirth (Books)

Expressions researched:
"birth as my child" |"birth child" |"birth of a child" |"birth the child" |"birth to a child" |"birth to any children" |"birth to children" |"birth to many children" |"birth to one child" |"birth to the child" |"child just after his birth" |"child taking birth" |"child took birth" |"child's birth" |"childbirth" |"children take birth"

SB Canto 1

SB 1.4.25, Purport:

The friends of the twice-born families are those who are born in the families of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, or the spiritually cultured families, but who themselves are not equal to their forefathers. Such descendants are not recognized as such, for want of purificatory achievements. The purificatory activities begin even before the birth of a child, and the seed-giving reformatory process is called Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra. One who has not undergone such Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra, or spiritual family planning, is not accepted as being of an actual twice-born family. The Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra is followed by other purificatory processes, out of which the sacred thread ceremony is one. This is performed at the time of spiritual initiation. After this particular saṁskāra, one is rightly called twice-born. One birth is calculated during the seed-giving saṁskāra, and the second birth is calculated at the time of spiritual initiation. One who has been able to undergo such important saṁskāras can be called a bona fide twice-born.