Vaishampayana said : The ball of fresh, being thus sprinkled with water, became divided into hundred parts. They separately became hundred parts, each about the size of the thumb.
वैशम्पायन उवाच सा सिच्यमाना त्वष्ठीला बभूव शतधा तदा। अङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्राणां गर्भाणां पृथगेव तु॥