The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

1
Chapter II
The Process of Creation
In the beginning there was nothing whatsoever in the
universe. By Death, indeed, all this was covered-by
hunger, for hunger is, verily, death. "Let Me have a
mind," was His desire and He created the mind. Then
He moved about, worshipping Himself. From Him, thus
worshipping, water was produced. "Verily," Death
though, "while I was worshipping, water was produced";
that is why the Arka (fire used in the Horse-sacrifice) is
so called. Surely, happiness comes to him who knows
how the fire came to be called arka.
Water, verily, is arka. What was then like froth on the
water became solidified; that was earth. After the earth
was created, Hiranyagarbha was tired. From Him, thus
fatigued and heated, came forth His essence as
brightness. That was Fire.
3
He divided Himself into three: the sun one-third and the
air one-third. Thus Prana is divided into three. His head
is the east and His arms are that (the north-east) and that
(the south-east). His hinder part is the west and His two
hip- bones are that (the north-west) and that (the southwest).
His sides are the south and the north, His back is
heaven, His belly is the intermediate region and His
188