How a Pregnant Woman's Actions Influence Her Unborn Child's Health

A pregnant woman's behavior influences the health and traits of her unborn child. Ancient texts, especially in Ayurveda and Dharma Shastra, emphasize that a mother's diet, emotions, and habits during pregnancy affect the child's physical and mental development. Specific actions, like sleeping positions or consuming certain foods, are said to result in particular defects or qualities in the child. These beliefs highlight the deep connection between a mother’s lifestyle and the well-being of the fetus, reflecting both medical and spiritual perspectives.

• Sleeping on her back: Can cause the umbilicus to wind around the throat of the fetus.
• Sleeping without cover or going nude: Can cause the child to be insane.
• Being quarrelsome: Can result in an epileptic child.
• Lustful: Can lead to an ugly, shameless child.
• Perpetually upset: Can result in a fearful, emaciated, or short-lived child.
• Strong desires: Can cause the child to be jealous, or cause pain to others.
• Being dishonest: Can lead to a child who is a drudge, injurious, or idle.
• Impatient: Can result in a fierce, cheating, or discontent child.
• Always asleep: Can cause a sleepy, foolish, or dyspeptic child.
• Consuming alcohol: Can lead to a child who drinks heavily, has a short memory, or is mentally disturbed.
• Eating pork: Can result in a child with red eyes, dyspnea, and very shaggy hair.
• Always eating fish: Can cause the child to blink infrequently or have fixed eyes.
• Always eating sweets: Can result in a child with a urinary disorder, or one who is stout or mule-like.
• Always eating sour foods: Can lead to a child with blood-bile sickness or skin and eye diseases.
• Eating too much salt: Can cause the child to wrinkle early, or become grey or bald soon.
• Always eating pungent foods: Can result in a weak son, deficient in semen, or without children.
• Always eating bitter foods: Can lead to a child who is dehydrated, weak, or underdeveloped.
• Always taking astringents: Can cause the child to be dark-complexioned, constipated, or sickly.

To safeguard your child's health and traits, avoid negative behaviors like quarrelsomeness, dishonesty, and impatience, and be mindful of your diet and habits to prevent unwanted physical and mental effects.

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Works of Kalidasa

Mahakavyas- Kumarasambhava, Raghuvamsha. Other works- Malavikagnimitram, Abhijnanashakuntalam, Vikramorvashiyam, Meghaduta, Ritusamhara, Shyamala Dandakam.

Is Bhagavad Gita part of the Vedas?

Bhagavad Gita is part of Mahabharata. It is also considered as Smriti - Upanishad.