The Philosophy of the Upanishads c9.s5.t2.22

c9.s5.t2.22

As a spider ejects and retracts (the threads),
As the plants shoot forth on the earth,
As the hairs on the head and body of the living man,
So from the imperishable all that is here.

As the sparks from the well-kindled fire,
In nature akin to it, spring forth in their thousands;
So, my dear sir, from the imperishable
Living beings of many kinds go forth,
And again return into him.