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20. And on account of its being seen.

And it is seen in Scripture also, that the bodies of some beings originate independently of the fifth oblation: ‘Of all beings there are indeed three origins only, that which springs from an egg, that which springs from a living being, that which springs from a germ’ (Cḥ. Up. VI, 3, 1). It is observed that from among these beings those springing from a germ and those springing from heat originate without that fifth oblation.–But the text quoted does not refer to the creatures springing from heat; for it says that there are three origins only!–To this the next Sūtra replies.