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* He felt not delight ; and, therefore, man de- 

 lights not, when alone He wished [the existence 

 of] another ; and instantly he became such, as is 

 man and woman in mutual embrace. He caused 

 this, his own self, to fall in twain ; and thus be- 

 came a husband and a wife. Therefore, was this 

 [body, so separated], as it were an imperfect moiety 

 of himself: for so Ya'jnyawalcya has pronounc- 

 ed it. This blank, therefore, is completed by wo- 

 man. He approached her ; and, thence, were hu- 

 man beings produced. 



' She reflected, doubtingly; " how can he, 

 having produced me from himself, fincestuously] 

 approach me? I will now assume a disguise." She 

 became a cow ; and the other became a bull, and 

 approached her; and the issue were kine. She 

 was changed into a mare, and he into a stallion; 

 one was turned into a female ass, and the other 

 into a male one : thus did he again approach her; 

 and the one-hoofed kind was the offspring. She 

 became a female goat, and he a male one ; she was 

 an ewe, and he a ram: thus he approached her; 

 and goats and sheep were the progeny. In this 

 manner, did he create every existing pair whatso- 

 ever, even to the ants [and minutest insect].' 



The sequel of this passage is also curious ; but 

 is too long to be here inserted. The notion of 

 Vira'j dividinp' his own substance into male and 

 female, occurs in more than one Purana. So does 

 that of an incestuous marriage and intercourse of 

 the first Menu with his daughter S'atarupa': 

 and the commentators on the Upanishad under- 

 stand that legend to be alluded to in this place. 

 But the institutes, ascribed to Menu, make Vi- 

 ra'j to be the issue of such a separation of persons, 



