Sakalya said: 'Which is thy deity in the Western quarter?' Yagnavalkya said: 'Varuna.' Sakalya said: 'In what does that Varuna abide?' Yagnavalkya said: 'In the water.' Sakalya said: 'In what does the water abide?' Yagnavalkya said: 'In the seed.' Sakalya said: 'And in what does the seed abide?' Yagnavalkya said: 'In the heart. And therefore also they say of a son who is like his father, that he seems as if slipt from his heart, or made from his heart; for the seed abides in the heart.' Sakalya said: 'So it is indeed, O Yagnavalkya.'

In plain words: For the west, Yagnavalkya names Varuna, god of waters. Varuna rests in water, water in seed, and seed in the heart. That is why people say a son who looks like his father came from his father's heart. Sakalya agrees.