Ashtangasamgraha 3.12_2

3.12_2

tatrānukūleṣu nakṣatrādiṣu puṇyāhaśabdena gobrāhmaṇavṛddhān natvā++āvartamānā pradakṣiṇaṃ praviśya bahuśaḥ prasūtābhiranuraktābhiraviṣādābhiḥ kleśakṣamābhiḥ parivṛtā svastyayanaparānulomanairāhāravihārairanulomitavātamūtrapurīṣā prasavakālamudīkṣeta |

There, under favorable constellations and the like, having bowed to cows, brāhmaṇas, and elders with the proclamation of an auspicious day, turning clockwise as she enters, surrounded by women who have given birth many times, who are affectionate, cheerful, and capable of enduring hardship, with her vāta, urine, and feces normalized by diet and conduct conducive to blessing and descending flow, she should await the time of delivery.