Upanishads Part I · 96 of 237

Fifth Prapāthaka: KHÂNDOGYA-UPANISHAD: EIGHTH KHANDA.

EIGHTH KHANDA. 1. 'The altar is woman, O Gautama 2.

2. 'On that altar the Devas (prânas) offer seed, From that oblation rises the germ.

Footnotes 79:2 Tasyâ upastha eva samid, yad upamantrayate sa dhûmo, yonir arkir, yad antah karoti te 'ṅgârâ abhinandâ vishphuliṅgâh.