Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.128

v1.c6.128

From thy limbs this one (my son) came into being, from the man another man ; see, as in a clear lake, thy second self in the son. As the sacrificial fire (āhavanīya) is fetched from the fire of the master of the house (gārhapatya), so did this one arise out of thee ; thou, that wast one, art become twofold.” ²