Verse 54

⁵⁴First his mouth opened, and speech came from it, and from speech fire. Then the two nostrils, and in the two, smelling, with the breath woven into it. ⁵⁵From smelling came the wind. The two eyes opened, and sight in them, and from that the sun. The two ears opened, and hearing, and from that the quarters. ⁵⁶Then the skin of the vast one opened, and hair and beard and the rest, and from that came the plants. Then the organ of sex opened, ⁵⁷and from it seed, and from that the waters. Then the vent opened, and from the vent the down-breath, and from the down-breath death, which makes the world afraid. ⁵⁸The two hands opened, and strength from them, and from that the self-ruling one. The two feet opened, and going from them, and from that Hari.

⁵⁹His channels opened, and from them the blood was drawn, and from that the rivers came to be. Then his belly opened, ⁶⁰and from it hunger and thirst, and from those two the sea came to be. Then his heart was split open, and from the heart the mind rose. ⁶¹From the mind the moon was born, and understanding, and from understanding the lord of speech; then I-making, and from that Rudra; then thought, and from that the one who belongs to thought.