so heyam īkṣāṃ cakre -- kathaṃ nu mātmana eva janayitvā sambhavati | hanta tiro 'sānīti | sā gaur abhavad vṛṣabha itaraḥ | tāṃ sam evābhavat | tato gāvo 'jāyanta | vaḍavetarābhavad aśvavṛṣa itaraḥ | gardabhītarā gardabha itaraḥ | tāṃ sam evābhavat | tata ekaśapham ajāyata | ajetarābhavad basta itaraḥ | avir itarā meṣa itaraḥ | tāṃ sam evābhavat | tato 'jāvayo 'jāyanta | evam eva yad idaṃ kiñca mithunam ā pipīlikābhyas tat sarvam asṛjata ||
4. She thought, 'How can he embrace me, after having produced me from himself? I shall hide myself.' She then became a cow, the other became a bull and embraced her, and hence cows were born. The one became a mare, the other a stallion; the one a male ass, the other a female ass. He embraced her, and hence one-hoofed animals were born. The one became a she-goat, the other a he-goat; the one became a ewe, the other a ram. He embraced her, and hence goats and sheep were born. And thus he created everything that exists in pairs, down to the ants.
sā śatarūpā u ha iyaṃ seyaṃ duhitṛgamane smārtaṃ pratiṣedhamanusmarantīkṣāñcake | kathaṃ nvidamakṛtyaṃ yanmā māmātmana eva janayitvotpādya sambhavatyupagacchati | yadyapyayaṃ nirghṛṇo 'haṃ hantedānīṃ tiro 'sāni jātyantareṇa tiraskṛtā bhavāni | ityevamīkṣitvāsau gaurabhavat | utpādyaprāṇikarmabhiścodyamānāyāḥ punaḥ punaḥ saivamatiḥ śatarūpāyā manoścābhavat | tataśca ṛṣabha itaraḥ | tāṃ samevābhadityādi pūrvavat | tato gāvo 'jāyanta | tathā baḍavetarābhavadaśvavṛṣa itaraḥ | tathā gardabhītarā gardabha itaraḥ | tatra baḍavāśvavṛṣādīnāṃ saṅgamāttata ekaśaphamekagvuram aśvāśvataragardabhākhyaṃ trayamajāyata | tathā ajetarābhavadvastaśchāga itaraḥ, tathā aviritarā meṣa itaraḥ, tāṃ samevābhavat |
tāṃ tāmiti vīpsā |
tāmajāṃ tāmaviñcetisamabhavadevetyarthaḥ |
tato 'jāśvāvayaścājāvayo 'jāyanta |
evameva yadidaṃ kiñca yatkiṃñcedaṃ mithunaṃ srīpuṃsalakṣaṇaṃ dvandam, ā pipīlikābhyaḥ pipīlikābhiḥ sahānenaivanyāyena tatsarvamasṛjata jagatsṛṣṭavān || 4 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 1,4.4;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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