अपां वीर्यस्य सर्गस्य पर्जन्यस्य प्रजापते: । पुंस: शिश्न उपस्थस्तु प्रजात्यानन्दनिर्वृते: ॥ ८ ॥
apam viryasya sargasya parjanyasya prajapateh pumsah sisna upasthas tu prajaty-ananda-nirvrteh
- apam
- of water
- viryasya
- of the semen
- sargasya
- of the generative
- parjanyasya
- of rains
- prajapateh
- of the creator
- pumsah
- of the Lord
- sisnah
- the genitals
- upasthah tu
- the place where the genitals are situated
- prajati
- due to begetting
- ananda
- pleasure
- nirvrteh
- cause.
From the Lord’s genitals originate water, semen, generatives, rains, and the procreators. His genitals are the cause of a pleasure that counteracts the distress of begetting.