स ह प्रजापतिरीक्शांचक्रे, हन्तास्मै प्रतिष्ठां कल्पयानीति; स स्त्रियं ससृजे; तां सृष्ट्वाध उपास्त; तस्मात्स्त्रियमध उपासीत; स एतं प्राञ्चं ग्रावाणमात्मन एव समुदपारयत्, तेनैनामभ्यसृजत् ॥ २ ॥
sa ha prajāpatirīkśāṃcakre, hantāsmai pratiṣṭhāṃ kalpayānīti; sa striyaṃ sasṛje; tāṃ sṛṣṭvādha upāsta; tasmātstriyamadha upāsīta; sa etaṃ prāñcaṃ grāvāṇamātmana eva samudapārayat, tenaināmabhyasṛjat || 2 ||
2. Prajāpati thought, ‘Well, let me make an abode for it,’ and he created woman.
Prajāpati, the Creator, thought, ‘Since the seed is thus the quintessence of all beings; what can be a fit abode for it’? Thinking thus he created woman.