पर्वताद् दिवो योनेर् अङ्गादङ्गात् समाभृतम् । शेपो गर्भस्य रेतोधाः सरौ पर्णम् इवा दधत् ॥१॥
parvatād divo yoner aṅgādaṅgāt samābhṛtam | śepo garbhasya retodhāḥ sarau parṇam ivā dadhat ||1||
Brought together from the cloud (? párvata), from the womb (yóni) of the sky, from every member, let the virile organ, seed-placer of the embryo, set (ā-dhā) [it] like the feather on the shaft.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यथेयं पृथिवी मही भूतानां गर्भम् आदधे । एवा दधामि ते गर्भं तस्मै त्वाम् अवसे हुवे ॥२॥
yatheyaṃ pṛthivī mahī bhūtānāṃ garbham ādadhe | evā dadhāmi te garbhaṃ tasmai tvām avase huve ||2||
As this great earth receives the embryo of existences, so do I set thine embryo; I call thee to its aid.
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गर्भं धेहि सिनीवालि गर्भं धेहि सरस्वति । गर्भं ते अश्विनोभा धत्तां पुष्करस्रजा ॥३॥
garbhaṃ dhehi sinīvāli garbhaṃ dhehi sarasvati | garbhaṃ te aśvinobhā dhattāṃ puṣkarasrajā ||3||
Place the embryo, O Sinīvālī; place the embryo, O Sarasvatī; let both the Açvins, garlanded with blue lotus, set thine embryo.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
गर्भं ते मित्रावरुणौ गर्भम् देवो बृहस्पतिः । गर्भं त इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च गर्भं धाता दधातु ते ॥४॥
garbhaṃ te mitrāvaruṇau garbham devo bṛhaspatiḥ | garbhaṃ ta indraś cāgniś ca garbhaṃ dhātā dadhātu te ||4||
Thine embryo let Mitra-and-Varuṇa, [thine] embryo let god Brihaspati, thine embryo let both Indra and Agni, thine embryo let Dhātar place.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विष्णुर् योनिं कल्पयतु त्वष्टा रूपाणि पिंशतु । आ सिञ्चतु प्रजापतिर् धाता गर्भं दधातु ते ॥५॥
viṣṇur yoniṃ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṃśatu | ā siñcatu prajāpatir dhātā garbhaṃ dadhātu te ||5||
Let Vishṇu prepare the womb (yóni); let Tvashṭar adorn the forms; let Prajāpati pour on; let Dhātar place thine embryo.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् वेद राजा वरुणो यद् वा देवी सरस्वती । यद् इन्द्रो वृत्रहा वेद तद् गर्भकरणं पिब ॥६॥
yad veda rājā varuṇo yad vā devī sarasvatī | yad indro vṛtrahā veda tad garbhakaraṇaṃ piba ||6||
What king Varuṇa, or what divine Sarasvatī knows, what Indra the Vritra-slayer knows, that embryo-maker do thou drink.
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गर्भो अस्य् ओषधीनां गर्भो वनस्पतीनाम् । गर्भो विश्वस्य भूतस्य सो अग्ने गर्भम् एह धाः ॥७॥
garbho asy oṣadhīnāṃ garbho vanaspatīnām | garbho viśvasya bhūtasya so agne garbham eha dhāḥ ||7||
Embryo art thou of herbs, embryo of forest-trees, embryo of every existence; mayest thou, O Agni, set an embryo here.
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अधि स्कन्द वीरयस्व गर्भम् आ धेहि योन्याम् । वृषासि वृष्ण्यावन् प्रजायै त्वा नयामसि ॥८॥
adhi skanda vīrayasva garbham ā dhehi yonyām | vṛṣāsi vṛṣṇyāvan prajāyai tvā nayāmasi ||8||
Mount thou; play the hero; set an embryo in the womb; virile (vṛ́ṣan) art thou, that hast virility; for progeny do we conduct thee hither.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वि जिहीष्व बार्हत्सामे गर्भस् ते योनिम् आ शयाम् । अदुष् टे देवाः पुत्रं सोमपा उभयाविनम् ॥९॥
vi jihīṣva bārhatsāme garbhas te yonim ā śayām | aduṣ ṭe devāḥ putraṃ somapā ubhayāvinam ||9||
Go apart, O Bārhatsāmā; let an embryo lie unto thy womb (yóni); the gods, soma-drinkers, have given thee a son partaking of both.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
धातः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे ॥१०॥
dhātaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave ||10||
O Dhatar, with best form, in the two groins of this woman do thou set a male (púmāṅs) son, to be born in the tenth month.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्वष्टः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे ॥११॥
tvaṣṭaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave ||11||
O Tvashṭar, with best etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सवितः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे ॥१२॥
savitaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave ||12||
O Savitar ('impeller'), with best etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रजापते श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे ॥१३॥
prajāpate śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave ||13||
O Prajāpati, with best etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
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