Studies in the Epics and Puranas c8.29

c8.29

"In the beginning there existed here nothing but water, a sea of water. These waters desired to propagate their kind. They tortured themselves, they mortified themselves. And when they had mortified themselves a golden egg originated in them. ...... About a year a man arose out of it; that was Prajāpati. ......He broke the golden egg open. But at that time there did not exist any standing place. .... After a year he tried to speak, and he said "bhūḥ", and this (word) became this earth; (he said) "Bhuvaḥ", and this became yonder atmosphere; (he said) "suvar" and this became the sky yonder. .... He placed reproductive energy into himself, and with his mouth he created the gods ..... After he had created the gods, he made the day out of that which was light, and after he had created the Asuras he made the night out of that which was dark. So there now existed day and night."