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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 6.4.20

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 6.4.20

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Sanskrit

6.4.20

athaināmabhipadyate'mo'hamasmi sā tvam̐ sā tvamasyamo'haṃ sāmāhamasmi ktvaṃ dyaurahaṃ pṛthivī tvaṃ tāvehi sam̐rabhāvahai saha reto dadhāvahai pum̐se putrāya vittaya iti

Then he comes to her and says:--
'This man (ama) am I; that woman (sâ), thou!
That woman, thou; this man am I!
I am the Sâman; thou, the Rig!
I am the heaven; thou, the earth!
Come, let us two together clasp!
Together let us semen mix,
A male, a son for to procure!'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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