The Compendium of Kāśyapa 3.5.3
Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra) 3.5.3
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3.5.3
jīvastu khalu bho sarvagatatvādīśvaraguṇasamanvitaḥ pūrvaśarīrāccāvakrāmati paraśarīraṃ copakrāmati yugapat na kadācidapi bījaśoṇitavāyvākāśādimanobuddhibhirviyuktapūrvaḥ sarvagatatvācca na kasyāṃcidyonau
nopapadyate svakarmaphalānubhavāditi
The individual soul, sir, endowed with the qualities of the Lord because of its omnipresence, simultaneously departs from the previous body and enters into the subsequent body; it was never at any time previously separated from the seed, blood, wind, ether, and the rest, nor from the mind and intellect; and, on account of its omnipresence, there is no womb in which it is not produced in order to experience the fruit of its own actions.
3.5.3.p1
garbhasya punarbhagavan ke śarīrāvayavā ākāśānnirvartante ke vāyoḥ ke
"Which bodily organs of the embryo, O blessed one, are produced from ether? Which from wind? Which
3.5.3.p2
tejasaḥ ke'tḥ ke pṛthivyāḥ ke cāsya mātṛtaḥ saṃbhavataḥ saṃbhavanti ke
from fire? Which from water? Which from earth? And which arise from its maternal origin? Which
3.5.3.p3
cāsya pitṛtaḥ kimātmanaḥ kiṃca sātmyataḥ kiṃca rasataḥ kiṃca sattvataḥ
from its paternal origin? What comes from the self? And what from wholesome adaptation? And what from chyle? And what from the psyche?
3.5.3.p4
kutra caite sarvabhāvā anvāyattā bhavanti kaṃ cārthamavekṣante iti pṛṣṭo
Wherein are all these factors dependent, and what purpose do they await?" When thus questioned,
3.5.3.p5
bhagavān kaśyapa uvāca -garbhasya khalu bho śabdaśca śrotraṃ ca lāghavaṃ ca saukṣmyaṃ ca vivekaśca mukhaṃ
the blessed Kaśyapa said: "Of the embryo, sir, sound, hearing, lightness, subtlety, distinction, the mouth,
3.5.3.p6
ca kaṇṭhaśca koṣṭhaṃ cākāśātmakāni bhavanti sparśaśca sparśanaṃ ca raukṣyaṃ
the throat, and the trunk are of the nature of ether. Touch, the organ of touch, dryness,
3.5.3.p7
ca preraṇaṃ ca dhātuvyūhanaṃ ca prāṇaścāpānaśca śarīraceṣṭā ca vāyvātmakāni
propulsion, the arrangement of the bodily tissues, prāṇa, apāna, and bodily movement are of the nature of wind.
3.5.3.p8
bhavanti rūpaṃ ca cakṣuśca prakāśaśca pittaṃ ca paktiścoṣmā ca śarīravṛddhiśca
Form, sight, radiance, pitta, digestion and transformation, heat, and bodily growth
3.5.3.p9
taijasāni bhavanti rasaśca rasanaṃ ca śaityaṃ ca mārdavaṃ ca dravaśca snehaśca
are of the nature of fire. Taste, the organ of taste, coldness, softness, liquidity, unctuousness,
3.5.3.p10
kledaśca śleṣmā ca medaśca raktaṃ ca māṃsaṃ ca śukraṃ cāpyāni bhavanti gandhaśca
moisture, kapha, fat, blood, muscle, and semen are of the nature of water. Smell,
3.5.3.p11
ghrāṇaṃ ca gauravaṃ ca sthairyaṃ ca mūrtiśca pārthivāni bhavanti tasmāt puruṣo
the organ of smell, heaviness, stability, and solid form are of the nature of earth. Therefore the person
3.5.3.p12
lokasaṃmitaḥ procyate | lohitaṃ ca māṃsaṃ ca nābhiśca hṛdayaṃ ca kloma
is said to correspond to the universe. Red blood, muscle, the navel, the heart, the kloman,
3.5.3.p13
ca yakṛcca plīhā ca vṛkkau ca bastiśca purīṣadhāraṇaṃ cāmāśayaścottaragudaśca kṣudrāntraṃ ca sthūlāntraṃ ceti mātṛjāni keśāśca romāṇi ca śmaśrūṇi
the liver, the spleen, the kidneys, the urinary bladder, the receptacle for faeces, the stomach, the upper rectum, the small intestine, and the large intestine are born of the mother; the head hair, body hair, facial hair,
3.5.3.p14
ca nakhāśca dantāścāsthīni ca sirāśca snāyavaśca dhamanyaśca śukraṃ ceti
nails, teeth, bones, veins, ligaments, arteries, and semen
3.5.3.p15
pitṛjāni āyuścātmajñānaṃ ca manaścendriyāṇi ca prāṇāpānau ca dhāraṇaṃ ca
are born of the father; lifespan, self-knowledge, the mind, the senses, prāṇa and apāna, retention,
3.5.3.p16
preraṇaṃ ca cākṛtiśca svaravarṇopacayaviśeṣāśca sukhaduḥkhe icchādveṣau ca
propulsion, bodily form, specific differences of voice and complexion, pleasure and pain, desire and aversion,
3.5.3.p17
smṛtiścāhaṅkāraśca prayatnaścāvasthāntaragamanaṃ ca sattvaṃ ca nānāyoniṣūpapattiścetyātmajāni ārogyaṃ cotthānaṃ ca saṃtoṣaścendriyaprasādaśca svaravarṇabījasaṃpacca medhā ca praharṣabhūyiṣṭhatā ceti sātmyajāni śarīrābhinirvṛttiśca śarīrābhivṛddhiśca prāṇāśca bandhaśca vṛttiśca puṣṭiścotsāhaśceti
memory, ego-sense, exertion, transition into other states, mental disposition, and taking birth in various wombs are born of the self; health, vigour, contentment, clarity of the senses, excellence of voice, complexion, and seed, intellect, and abundance of cheerfulness are born of wholesome adaptation; the initial formation of the body, bodily growth, vital breaths, cohesion, maintenance, nourishment, and enthusiasm
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