तथा ब्रुवाणं कुशिकमाह तन्नेति कौशिकः| कस्मान्मातापितृभ्यां हि विना षड्धातुजो भवेत् ||१६||
[The opinion of Kaushika as Matrija-pitrija Purusha(parent theory)] To Kushika (Hiranyaksha) who was presenting his views, sage Kaushika said, "No, This is not true. How can the six elements create an individual without any role of the father and the mother?
A human is born of a human (parents), the cow is born of cows, and the horse is born of horses. Diseases such as prameha (obstinate urinary diseases), and various other diseases, are considered to be hereditary. Therefore, the father and the mother (parents) are the origin of the humans and also the diseases.
भद्रकाप्यस्तु नेत्याह नह्यन्धोऽन्धात् प्रजायते| मातापित्रोरपि च ते प्रागुत्पत्तिर्न युज्यते ||१८||
[The opinion of Bhadrakapya as Karmaja Purusha (deeds in past life theory)] Bhadrakapya disagreed with the above views and said, “No. This is not true because blind children are not born to blind parents. Parents themselves also are not born before the creation.
कर्मजस्तु मतो जन्तुः कर्मजास्तस्य चामयाः| नह्यृते कर्मणो जन्म रोगाणां पुरुषस्य वा ||१९||
Therefore, human beings, as well as the diseases, originate from the deeds performed in past life. Without karma (past action or deeds) neither human beings nor their diseases could have been created.
भरद्वाजस्तु नेत्याह कर्ता पूर्वं हि कर्मणः| दृष्टं न चाकृतं कर्म यस्य स्यात् पुरुषः फलम् ||२०||
[The opinion of Bharadwaja as Svabhavaja Purusha (nature theory)] Listening to this theory, sage Bharadwaja said, "No, this is not true. For the doer always precedes the deeds. There is no deed performed without the presence of the doer. Nor any human being is born as a result only of deeds.