tasminn etasminn agnau devā reto juhvati |
tasyā āhuter garbhaḥ saṃbhavati ||
2. 'On that altar the Devas (pranas) offer seed. From that oblation rises the germ.
tasminnetasminnagnau devā reto juhvati | tasyā āhutergarbhaḥ sambhavatīti | evaṃ śraddhāsomavarṣānnaretohavanaparyāyakrameṇā’pa eva garbhībhūtāstāḥ | tatrāpāmāhutisamavāyitvātprādhānyavivakṣā’paḥ pañcamyāmāhutau puruṣavacaso bhavantīti | na tvāpa eva kevalāḥ somādikāryamārabhante | na cā’po ’trivṛtkṛtāḥ santīti | trivṛtkṛtatve ’pi viśeṣasaṃjñālābho dṛṣṭaḥ pṛthivīyamimā āpo ’yamagnirityanyatamabāhulyanimittaḥ | tasmātsamuditānyeva bhūtānyabbāhulyātkarmasamavāyīni somādikāryārambhakāṇyāpa ityucyante | dṛśyate ca dravabāhulyaṃ somavṛṣṭyannaretodeheṣu | bahudravaṃ ca śarīraṃ yadyapi pārthivam | tatra pañcamyāmāhutau hutāyāṃ retorūpā āpo garbhībhūtāḥ || 2 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi pañcamādhyāyasyāṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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Prapāṭhaka 1