The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.10

1.85.10

yayātiruvāca |
asraṃ retaḥ puṣpaphalānupṛktamanveti tadvai puruṣeṇa sṛṣṭam |
sa vai tasyā raja āpadyate vai sa garbhabhūtaḥ samupaiti tatra || 10 ||

"Yayati answered, 'After falling from heaven, the being becometh a subtile substance living in water. This water becometh the semen whence is the seed of vitality. Thence entering the mother's womb in the womanly season, it developeth into the embryo and next into visible life like the fruit from the flower. Entering trees, plants, and other vegetable substances, water, air, earth, and space, that same watery seed of life assumeth the quadrupedal or bipedal form. This is the case with all creatures that you see.'