Atharvaveda 5.25
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.25
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.25.1
párvatād divó yóner áṅgādaṅgāt samā́bhr̥tam |
śépo gárbhasya retodhā́ḥ sárau parṇám ivā́ 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.
5.25.2
yátheyáṃ pr̥thivī́ mahī́ bhūtā́nāṃ gárbham ādadhé |
evā́ dadhāmi te gárbhaṃ tásmai tvā́m ávase huve ||2||
As this great earth receives the embryo of existences, so do I set thine embryo; I call thee to its aid.
5.25.3
gárbhaṃ dhehi sinīvāli gárbhaṃ dhehi sarasvati |
gárbhaṃ te aśvínobhā́ dhattāṃ púṣkarasrajā ||3||
Place the embryo, O Sinīvālī; place the embryo, O Sarasvatī; let both the Açvins, garlanded with blue lotus, set thine embryo.
5.25.4
gárbhaṃ te mitrā́váruṇau gárbham devó bŕ̥haspátiḥ |
gárbhaṃ ta índraś cāgníś ca gárbhaṃ dhātā́ 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.
5.25.5
víṣṇur yóniṃ kalpayatu tváṣṭā rūpā́ṇi piṃśatu |
ā́ siñcatu prajā́patir dhātā́ gárbhaṃ dadhātu te ||5||
Let Vishṇu prepare the womb (yóni); let Tvashṭar adorn the forms; let Prajāpati pour on; let Dhātar place thine embryo.
5.25.6
yád véda rā́jā váruṇo yád vā devī́ sárasvatī |
yád índro vr̥trahā́ véda tád garbhakáraṇaṃ piba ||6||
What king Varuṇa, or what divine Sarasvatī knows, what Indra the Vritra-slayer knows, that embryo-maker do thou drink.
5.25.7
gárbho asy óṣadhīnāṃ gárbho vánaspátīnām |
gárbho víśvasya bhūtásya só agne gárbham éhá dhāḥ ||7||
Embryo art thou of herbs, embryo of forest-trees, embryo of every existence; mayest thou, O Agni, set an embryo here.
5.25.8
ádhi skanda vīráyasva gárbham ā́ dhehi yónyām |
vŕ̥ṣāsi vr̥ṣṇyāvan prajā́yai tvā́ 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.
5.25.9
ví jihīṣva bārhatsāme gárbhas te yónim ā́ śayām |
áduṣ ṭe devā́ḥ putráṃ somapā́ ubhayāvínam ||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.
5.25.10
dhā́taḥ śréṣṭhena rūpéṇāsyā́ nā́ryā gavīnyóḥ |
púmāṃsaṃ putrám ā́ dhehi daśamé māsí sū́tave ||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.
5.25.11
tváṣṭaḥ śréṣṭhena rūpéṇāsyā́ nā́ryā gavīnyóḥ |
púmāṃsaṃ putrám ā́ dhehi daśamé māsí sū́tave ||11||
O Tvashṭar, with best etc. etc.
5.25.12
sávitaḥ śréṣṭhena rūpéṇāsyā́ nā́ryā gavīnyóḥ |
púmāṃsaṃ putrám ā́ dhehi daśamé māsí sū́tave ||12||
O Savitar ('impeller'), with best etc. etc.
5.25.13
prájāpate śréṣṭhena rūpéṇāsyā́ nā́ryā gavīnyóḥ |
púmāṃsaṃ putrám ā́ dhehi daśamé māsí sū́tave ||13||
O Prajāpati, with best etc. etc.
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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