[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915) › v2.c13.8 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.8 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.8) Yudhishṭhira spoke : “ This hast thou shown, august one, how merit by works follows. But I would fain know this other, how the seed is produced.” Bṛhaspati spoke : “ What the godheads that are in the body eat for nourishment, O lord of men : the earth, the wind, the ether, water, light, and the manas—when these five elements, with the manas as sixth, have become sated therewith, O prince of kings, then the seed is brought into being, the momentous seed,³ O man of the pure soul. From it then arises the fruit of the womb upon the union of woman and man, O prince. Thereby I have set forth all to thee. What wouldst thou still hear ?” Yudhishṭhira spoke : “ Thou, holy man, hast told me how - [Previous: v2.c13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.7) - [Next: v2.c13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.9) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.8) · Pramāṇa