Karika 53
अष्टविकल्पो दैवस्तैर्यग्योनश्च पञ्चधा भवति। मानुष्यश्चैकविधः समासतोऽयं भौतिकः सर्गः ॥५३॥
aṣṭavikalpō daivastairyagyōnaśca pañcadhā bhavati। mānuṣyaścaikavidhaḥ samāsatō'yaṁ bhautikaḥ sargaḥ ॥53॥
[अष्ट विकल्पो दैवः तैर्यक् योनः च पञ्च धा भवति। मानुष्यश्च एक विधः समासतः अयं भौतिकः सर्गः॥
aṣṭa = eight; vikalpō = kind of; daivaḥ = gods; tairyak yōnaḥ = born from their womb; ca = and; pañca dhā = five-fold; bhavati = becomes; mānuṣyaśca = is human, such; ēka vidhaḥ = of one kind; samāsataḥ = among them; ayaṁ = this; bhautikaḥ = of the beings; sargaḥ = creation;]
Gods are of eight kinds. Five types are born in the womb. Among them one kind is that of the humans. Such is the creation of beings.