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# Mantrabrahmana 2.3.16

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.3.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.16)

ā-dhatta pitaras garbham  
kumāram puṣkara-srajam /  
yathā iha puruṣas syāt //

> Implant an embryo, O ancestors: / a boy wearing a lotus garland, / that here a man may be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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