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Atharvaveda 3.23

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.23

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Sanskrit

3.23.1

yéna vehád babhū́vitha nāśáyāmasi tát tvát |
idáṃ tád anyátra tvád ápa dūré ní dadhmasi ||1||

By what thou hast become barren (vehát), that we make disappear from thee; that now we set down elsewhere, far away from (ápa) thee.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.23.2

ā́ te yóniṃ gárbha etu púmān bā́ṇa iveṣudhím |
ā́ vīró 'tra jāyatāṃ putrás te dáśamāsyaḥ ||2||

Unto thy womb let a fœtus come, a male one, as an arrow to a quiver; let a hero be born unto thee here, a ten-months' son.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.23.3

púmāṃsaṃ putráṃ janaya táṃ púmān ánu jāyatām |
bhávāsi putrā́ṇāṃ mātā́ jātā́nāṃ janáyāś ca yā́n ||3||

Give birth to a male, a son; after him let a male be born; mayest thou be mother of sons, of those born and whom thou shalt bear.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.23.4

yā́ni badrā́ṇi bī́jāny r̥ṣabhā́ janáyanti ca |
táis tváṃ putráṃ vindasva sā́ prasū́r dhénukā bhava ||4||

And what excellent seeds the bulls generate, with them do thou acquire (vid) a son; become thou a productive milch-cow.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.23.5

kr̥ṇómi te prājāpatyám ā́ yóniṃ gárbha etu te |
vindásva tváṃ putráṃ nāri yás túbhyaṃ śám ásac chám u tásmai tvám bháva ||5||

I perform for thee the [ceremony] of Prajāpati; let a fœtus come to thy womb; acquire thou a son, O woman, who shall be weal for thee; weal also for him do thou become.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.23.6

yā́sām dyáuḥ pitā́ pr̥thivī́ mātā́ samudró mū́laṃ vīrúdhāṃ babhū́va |
tā́s tvā putravídyāya dáivīḥ prā́vantv óṣadhayaḥ ||6||

The plants of which heaven has been the father, earth the mother, ocean the root—let those herbs of the gods (dāíva) favor thee, in order to acquisition of a son.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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