ādityo brahmety ādeśaḥ tasyopavyākhyānam asad evedam agra āsīt tat sad āsīt tat samabhavat tad āṇḍaṃ niravartata tat saṃvatsarasya mātrām aśayata tan nirabhidyata te āṇḍakapāle rajataṃ ca suvarṇaṃ cābhavatām
Âditya (the sun) is Brahman, this is the doctrine, and this is the fuller account of it:— In the beginning this was non-existent. It became existent, it grew. It turned into an egg . The egg lay for the time of a year. The egg broke open. The two halves were one of silver, the other of gold.