रेतो होच्चक्राम; तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्यागत्योवाच, कथमशकत मदृते जीवितुमिति; ते होचुः, यथा क्लीबा अप्रजायमाना रेतसा, प्राणन्तः प्राणेन, वदन्तो वाचा, पश्यन्तश्चक्शुषा, शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण, विद्वांसो मनसा, एवमजीविष्मेति; प्रविवेश ह रेतः ॥ १२ ॥
reto hoccakrāma; tatsaṃvatsaraṃ proṣyāgatyovāca, kathamaśakata madṛte jīvitumiti; te hocuḥ, yathā klībā aprajāyamānā retasā, prāṇantaḥ prāṇena, vadanto vācā, paśyantaścakśuṣā, śṛṇvantaḥ śrotreṇa, vidvāṃso manasā, evamajīviṣmeti; praviveśa ha retaḥ || 12 ||
12. The organ of generation went out. After staying a whole year out it came back and said, ‘How did you manage to live without me?’ They said, ‘We lived just as eunuchs do, without having children through the organ of generation, but living through the vital force, speaking through the organ of speech, seeing through the eye, hearing through the ear and knowing through the mind.’ So the organ of generation entered.
Likewise, the eye went out, etc. All this is to be explained as before. The ear, the mind, the organ of generation.