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# Mantrabrahmana 1.4

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 1.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.1)

agne prāyas-citte  
tvam devānām prāyas-cittiṣ asi /  
brāhmaṇas tvā nātha-kāmas upa-dhāvāmi /  
yā asyās pāpī lakṣmīṣ  
tām asyai apa-jahi //

> O Agni, expiator, / you are the expiation of the gods. / A brāhmaṇa, seeking protection, I run to you: / whatever evil fortune belongs to her, / strike that away from her!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.2)

vāyo prāyas-citte  
tvam devānām prāyas-cittiṣ asi /  
brāhmaṇas tvā nātha-kāmas upa-dhāvāmi /  
yā asyās pati-ghnī tanūṣ  
tām asyai apa-jahi //

> O Vāyu, expiator, / you are the expiation of the gods. / A brāhmaṇa, seeking protection, I run to you: / whatever husband-slaying form belongs to her, / strike that away from her!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.3)

candra prāyas-citte  
tvam devānām prāyas-cittiṣ asi /  
brāhmaṇas tvā nātha-kāmas upa-dhāvāmi /  
yā asyās a-putryā tanūṣ  
tām asyai apa-jahi //

> O Moon, expiator, / you are the expiation of the gods. / A brāhmaṇa, seeking protection, I run to you: / whatever sonless form belongs to her, / strike that away from her!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.4)

sūrya prāyas-citte  
tvam devānām prāyas-cittiṣ asi /  
brāhmaṇas tvā nātha-kāmas upa-dhāvāmi /  
yā asyās a-paśavyā tanūṣ  
tām asyai apa-jahi //

> O Sun, expiator, / you are the expiation of the gods. / A brāhmaṇa, seeking protection, I run to you: / whatever cattle-harming form belongs to her, / strike that away from her!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.5)

agni-vāyu-candra-sūryās prāyas-cittayas  
yūyam devānām prāyas-cittayas stha /  
brāhmaṇas vas nātha-kāmas upa-dhāvāmi /  
yā asyās pāpī lakṣmīṣ yā pati-ghnī  
yā a-putryā yā a-paśavyā  
tās asyai apa-hata //

> O Agni, Vāyu, Moon, and Sun, expiators! / You are the expiations of the gods. / A brāhmaṇa, seeking protection, I run to you: / whatever evil fortune belongs to her, whatever husband-slaying, / whatever sonless, whatever cattle-harming \[form\], / strike those away from her!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.6)

viṣṇuṣ yonim kalpayatu  
tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi pim̐śatu /  
ā-siñcatu prajā-patiṣ  
dhātā garbham dadhātu te //

> May Viṣṇu prepare the womb, / may Tvaṣṭṛ shape the forms, / may Prajāpati pour in \[the seed\], / may Dhātṛ place the embryo in you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.7)

garbham dhehi sinīvāli  
garbham dhehi sarasvati /  
garbham te aśvinau devau  
ā-dhattām puṣkara-srajau //

> Place the embryo, Sinīvālī! / Place the embryo, Sarasvatī! / May the two Aśvin gods, wearing lotus wreaths, / place the embryo in you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.8)

pumām̐sau mitrā-varuṇau  
pumām̐sau aśvinau ubhau /  
pumān agniṣ ca vāyuṣ ca  
pumān garbhas tava udare //

> Male are Mitra and Varuṇa, / male are both Aśvins, / male are Agni and Vāyu: / a male embryo is in your womb!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.9)

pumān agniṣ pumān indras  
pumān devas bṛhas-patiṣ /  
pumām̐sam putram vindasva  
tam pumān anu jāyatām //

> Male is Agni, male is Indra, / male is the god Bṛhaspati. / Obtain a male son; / let a male be born after him!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha~en-mt.1.4.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.1.4.1) — Sanskrit

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