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In these attempts men might be guided by their observation of the whistle and song of birds, whose beaks may have served as a model for the construction of the flute and reed-pipe. Pott traces the word for sound to the root svar, and hence, after some natural phonetic changes, we have in Lithuanian szwilpti for the song of birds.
Wherefore this golden egg floated about for the period of a year. From it in a year a male came into existence, who was Prajapati.... He divided this golden egg.... In a year he desired to speak. He uttered 'bhur, which became this earth; 'bhuvah, which became this firmament; and 'svar, which became that sky.... Desiring progeny, he went on worshiping and toiling.
The waters are thought of as desiring, that is, they are held to be alive and vaguely conscious. The belief that words are inseparable from things should again be noted. "Bhur" becomes the earth, and "svar" becomes the sky. In the course of time, Hindoo thought became more abstract and sophisticated without having achieved any method which would lead to tested knowledge.
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