sa ha prajāpatir īkṣāṃ cakre -- hantāsmai pratiṣṭhāṃ kalpayānīti sa striyaṃ sasṛje | tāṃ sṛṣṭvādha upāsta | tasmāt striyam adha upāsīta | sa etaṃ prāñcaṃ grāvāṇam ātmana eva samudapārayat | tenainām abhyasṛjata ||
2. Prajâpati ('Lord of creatures') bethought himself: 'Come, let me provide him a firm basis!' So he created woman. When he had created her, he revered her below.--Therefore one should revere woman below.--He stretched out for himself that stone which projects. With that he impregnated her.
yata evaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sāratamametadreto 'taḥ kā nu khalvasya yogyā pratiṣṭheti sa ha sraṣṭā prajāpatirīkṣāñcake |
īkṣāṃ kṛtvā sa sriyaṃ sasṛje |
tāṃ ca sṛṣṭvādha upāsta maithunākhyaṃ karmādhaupāsanaṃ nāma kṛtavān |
tasmātsriyamadha upāsīta śreṣṭhānuśrayaṇā hi prajāḥ |
atra vājapeyasāmānyakḷptimāha-sa etaṃ prāñcaṃ prakṛṣṭagatiyuktamātmano grāvāṇaṃ somābhiṣavopalasthānīyaṃ kāṭhinyasāmānyātprajananendriyamudapārayadutpūritavānsrīvyañjanaṃ prati tenaināṃ sriyamabhyasṛjadabhisaṃsargaṃ kṛtavān || 2 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 6,4.2;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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