GARBH SANSKAR

Grabh Sanskar is an ancient Indian practice of educating the child in the womb, found in Hindu Scriptures. It is now scientifically proven that this practice is very fruitful and is being followed by people across the globe. Here are some stories from our scriptures, which help us understand how an unborn child is influenced inside the mother's womb.

ABHIMANYU

Abhimanyu is the son of Arjuna, a Pandava prince and Subhadra, sister of Shri Krishna. In the Mahabaratha, there is a story where Arjuna explains the secret of breaking the chakrayugha, a military formation to his pregnant wife, Subhadra. The baby listens to this but she falls asleep when Arjuna explains how to come out of the chakrayugha. Therefore, Abhimanyu is born with the knowledge of entering the chakrayugha.

On the thirteenth day of battle at Kurukshetra, Anhimanyu entered the Chakrayugha and fought bravely. However, he was trapped inside as he did not have the knowledge of exiting the yugha and was unrighteously attacked and killed.

PARIKSHIT

Parikshit is the son of Abhimanyu and Uttara. When Uttara was pregnant, Ashwattama attacked her with the Bramastra to kill her unborn child. Shri Krishna protected the child in his divine form and hence, the baby had the vision of Shri Krishna inside his mother's womb. King Parikshit remembered Krishna's form even after birth and grew up to be his devotee.

PRAHALAD

Prahalad is the son of the Asura King Hiranyakashipu and his wife Kyadu. When Kyadu was pregnant with Prahalad, she stayed in Rishi Narada's ashram as her husband was away doing Tapas and the Devas had attacked their kingdom. Narada, being a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, sang his praises all the time and Prahalad listened to this from his mother's womb.This is how Prahalad became a devotee of Lord Vishnu.

ASHTAVAKRA

Ashtavakra is the son of Sage Kahoda and Sujatha, daughter of Sage Uddalaka. When Sujatha was pregnant, she used to attend the classes taught by her father and husband, as she wanted her son to extremely intelligent and master the Vedas.

Once, when Sage Kahoda was reciting the Vedas, he mispronounced a syllable and his unborn child corrected him by squirming in distress inside his mother's womb. This happened on eight occasions and Sage Kahoda perceived this as a sign of arrogance and superiority shown by his unborn son. He then cursed his son to be born with eight deformities.

Ashtavakra grew up to be very intelligent and even saved his father who was held in captivity for many years. His father was deeply moved by his son's devotion and knowledge that he absolved him from the curse.

  

"The teacher who teaches true knowledge is more important than ten instructors. The father is more important than ten such teachers of true knowledge and the mother is more important than ten such fathers. There is no greater guru than mother." (Mahabharata, Shantiparva, 30.9)

Sources:
http://www.babycenter.in/a1049729/mythology-behind-igarbha-sanskari

http://www.indiadivine.org/content/topic/1739506-reconsciousness-of-babies-and-garbh-sanskar/

http://www.garbhsanskarhome.com/faq.html