Ashtangasamgraha 2.2_2

2.2_2

When the old menstrual blood has departed and the new is established, the uterus and vaginal tract being cleansed, the semen—in the form of the seed, unvitiated, propelled by unvitiated vāta, accompanied by the other gross elements, mingled with the menstrual fluid, united immediately with the living self driven by its own past karma, acting under the sway of afflictions such as passion, and possessing the speed of thought—enters the uterus.