42. Water Is Manifested

Adhyaya 3 Pada 3 AdhikaraNa 5

Water Is Manifested From Fire


Introduction by shrIla Baladeva VidyAbhUShaNa


Now the author describes the origin of water. In some places
the scriptures affirm that water is manifested from fire, and in
other places the scriptures do not agree with this idea. In this
way a doubt arises. To remove this doubt, the author of the
sUtras gives the following explanation.


SUtra 10


ApaH

ApaH - water.


Water.

Purport by shrIla Baladeva VidyAbhUShaNa


To this sUtra should be added the previous sUtra.as phrase
"atas tathA hy Aha" (Water comes from it. Indeed it said
that.) This means that water is manifested from fire. This is so
because the shruti-shAstra declares it. ChAndogya UpaniShad (6.2.3)
explains:


tad Apo .asR^ijata


"Fire created water."

TaittirIya UpaniShad (2.1) also explains:


agner ApaH


"From fire water was manifested."

These two quotes are clear and need no elaborate
explanation. Why water comes from fire is explained in the
following words of ChAndogya UpaniShad:


tasmAd yatra kva ca shocati svedate vA puruShas tejasa eva tad
adhy Apo jAyante


"Heat makes a person produce water. This is so when
a person perspires or weeps."