Verse 53

⁴⁷Lying down in a body stretched out at full length, thinking many thoughts, and finding that the sending out did not grow, he threw that body off in anger. ⁴⁸The hairs that fell from it there were born as snakes, dear one; and as it crept away came cruel serpents, and nagas with broad hoods on their necks. ⁴⁹Then the self-born one, thinking himself as good as done with his work, sent forth from his mind at the last the Manus, who bring the worlds into being. ⁵⁰He who has himself in hand gave over to them his own dwelling, the human shape. Seeing them, those who had been sent out before praised the lord of creatures. ⁵¹Maker of this world, this is well done indeed. In these the rites have their standing ground, and we shall eat our food together.

⁵²Joined with austerity, with knowledge, with yoga and with a good gathering of the mind, the seer, the lord of the senses, sent forth the seers, the creatures he had wanted. ⁵³And to each one of them the unborn gave a portion of his own body: the portion in which the gathering of the mind, yoga, abundance, austerity, knowledge and detachment are held.