Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.8a_-8

2.8a_-8.1

atha māsi māsy amāvāsyāyāṃ paścāc candramasaṃ dṛśyamānam upatiṣṭhetaitayaivāvṛtā haritatṛṇe vā pratyasyati /

8. Now, month by month on the night of the new moon when it comes around one should, in the same manner, worship the moon as it appears in the west; or he casts two blades of green grass toward it, saying:—

2.8a_-8.A

yan me susamid dhṛdayam adhi candramasi śritaṃ /

‘That heart of mine of contour fair (susīma)
Which in the moon in heaven rests—
I ween myself aware of that!
May I not weep for children’s ill!’

2.8a_-8.B

manye 'haṃ māṃ tad vidvāṃsaṃ māhaṃ putryam aghaṃ rudam //

2.8a_-8.C

iti na hy asmāt pūrvā prajāḥ praitīti //8a//

In advance of such a one, indeed, his progeny decease not.—Thus in the case of one to whom a son has been born. Now in the case of one to whom a son has not been born.—