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Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
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6. Then the divine
Self-existent (Svayambhu, himself) indiscernible, (but) making (all)
this, the great elements and the rest, discernible, appeared with
irresistible (creative) power, dispelling the darkness.
7. He who can be perceived by the internal organ (alone), who is subtle, indiscernible, and eternal, who contains all created beings and is inconceivable, shone forth of his own (will). 8. He, desiring to produce beings of many kinds from his own body, first with a thought created the waters, and placed his seed in them. 9. That (seed) became a golden egg, in brilliancy equal to the sun; in that (egg) he himself was born as Brahman, the progenitor of the whole world. 10. The waters are called narah, (for) the waters are, indeed, the offspring of Nara; as they were his first residence (ayana), he thence is named Narayana. |
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