Then the soul unites with the being who performs the act of fertilization. — 318.

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SUTRA III. 1. 27.

रेतः सिग्योगोऽथ॥३.१.२७॥

retaḥ sigyogo’tha ..3.1.27..

.. Retahsik, the sprinkler of the seed; one who performs the act of generating. .. Yogah, conjunction with, Atha, first, or after.

27. Then the soul unites with the being who performs the act of fertilization. — 318.

COMMENTARY

After its passing through the stage of contact with plants, the soul enters the body of a person who performs the act of generation. This is mentioned in the same Upanishad (Chhandogya, V., 10. 6). In the same verse which mentions its becoming rice, corn, etc., it is said:

Having been in the mist, he enters the cloud; having been in the cloud, he enters the rain (and falls down). Then he is born as rice or barley, herbs or trees, sesamum or beans, etc. From this point there is constant (tantalising) rise and fall. For whoever eats the food and begets offspring (the Jiva) is there in that food and that seed.

The text literally says, for whoever the persons may be that eat the food, and beget offspring, he henceforth becomes like unto them This does not mean that the soul really takes the form of and becomes identical with its procreator, for one thing cannot take the form of another thing. If it were to become literally the «Retas sik», then there would be no possibility of its getting another body. Therefore, it must be admitted that the soul merely clings to the body of the «Retas sik» and does not become that body. This being so, the soul clings to plants, etc., in the preceding stages of plant life also. For there is no reason why it should be anything else.

SUTRA III. 1. 28.

योनेः शरीरम्॥३.१.२८॥

yoneḥ śarīram ..3.1.28..

… Yoneh, (after entering) the mother. Shariram, (obtaining) the gross body.

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