Ashtaka said: Does a being who has got a human form enter the womb in its own shape or in some other? How does it acquire its distinct and visible shape, its eyes, ears and consciousness? Tell me all this, I ask you, because I have my doubts.
अष्टक उवाच मुताहोस्वित् स्वेन कायेन याति। माचक्ष्व मे संशयात् प्रब्रवीमि॥ शरीरभेदाभिसमुच्छ्रयं च चक्षुःश्रोत्रे लभते केन संज्ञाम्। एतत् तत्त्वं सर्वमाचक्ष्व पृष्टः क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तात मन्याम सर्वे॥