Gobhilagrihyasutra 2.6

2.6.1

tṛtīyasya garbhamāsasyā ''disadeśe pum̐savanasya kālaḥ.

The beginning of the third month of pregnancy is the time for the Pumsavana (i.e. the ceremony to secure the birth of a son).

2.6.2

prātaḥ saśiraskā ''pluto 'dagagreṣu darbheṣu, paścād agner udagagreṣu darbheṣu prācy upaviśati;

In the morning, after she has been washed, sitting on northward-pointed Darbha grass, (all over her body) including her head, she sits down to the west of the fire on northward-pointed Darbha grass, facing the east.

2.6.3

paścāt patir avasthāya, dakṣiṇena pāṇinā dakṣiṇam am̐sam anvavamṛśyā 'nantarhitaṃ nābhideśam abhimṛśet pumām̐sau mitrāvaruṇāv ity etaya rcā.

Her husband, standing behind her, should grasp down with his right hand over her right shoulder, and should touch the uncovered place of her navel with the verse, 'The two men, Mitra and Varuna' (MB. I, 4, 8).

2.6.4

atha yathārtham.

Then they may do what they like.

2.6.5

- athā 'param.

Then afterwards (the following ceremony should be performed).

2.6.6

prāgudīcyāṃ diśi nyagrodhaśuṅgām ubhayataḥphalām asrāmām akṛmiparisṛptāṃ triḥsaptair yavair māṣair vā parikrīyo 'tthāpayet:

In a north-easterly direction, having bought for three times seven barley corns or beans a Nyagrodha shoot which. has fruits on both sides, which is not dry and not touched by worms, he should set that up.
7 (He buys it with the Mantras):
'If thou belongest to Soma, I buy thee for the king Soma.
'If thou belongest to Varuna, I buy thee for the king Varuna.
'If thou belongest to the Vasus, I buy thee for the Vasus.
'If thou belongest to the Rudras, I buy thee for the Rudras.
'If thou belongest to the Âdityas, I buy thee for the Âdityas.
'If thou belongest to the Maruts, I buy thee for the Maruts.
'If thou belongest to the Visve devâs, I buy thee for the Visve devâs.'

2.6.7

yady asi saumī somāya tvā rājñe parikrīṇāmi, yady asi vāruṇī varuṇāya tvā rājñe parikrīṇāmi, yady asi vasubhyo vasubhyas tvā parikrīṇāmi, yady asi rudrebhyo rudrebhyas tvā parikrīṇāmi, yady asy ādityebhya ādityebhyas tvā parikrīṇāmi, yady asi marudbhyo marudbhyas tvā parikrīṇāmi, yadi asi viśvebhyo devebhyo viśvebhyas tvā devebhyaḥ parikrīṇāmi;

2.6.8

oṣadhayaḥ sumanaso bhūtvā 'syāṃ vīryaṃ samādhatte 'yaṃ karma kariṣyatī 'ty utthāpya, tṛṇaiḥ paridhāyā ''hṛtya vaihāyasīṃ nidadhyāt.

He should set it up with (the Mantra), 'Ye herbs, being well-minded, bestow strength on this (shoot); for it will do its work.' Then he should put grass around it, should take it, and place it in the open air.

2.6.9

dṛṣadaṃ prakṣālya brahmacārī vratavatī vā, brahmabandhuḥ kumārī vā 'pratyāharantī pinaṣṭi.

Having washed a nether mill-stone, a student or a (wife) addicted (to her husband), a person who is a Brâhmana by birth (only and not by learning), or a girl, pounds (that Nyagrodha shoot) without moving backward (the stone with which she pounds it).

2.6.10

prātaḥ saśiraskā ''pluto 'dagagreṣu darbheṣu, paścād agner udagagreṣu darbheṣu prākśirāḥ saṃviśati;

In the morning, after she has been washed, sitting on northward-pointed Darbha grass, (all over her body), including her head, she lies down to the west of the fire on northward-pointed Darbha grass, with her head to the east.

2.6.11

paścāt patir avasthāya, dakṣiṇasya pāṇer aṅguṣṭheno 'pakaniṣṭhikayā cā 'ṅgulyā 'bhisaṃgṛhya dakṣiṇe nāsikāsrotasy avanayet pumān agniḥ pumān indra ity etaya rcā.

Her husband, standing behind her, should seize (the pounded Nyagrodha shoot) with the thumb and the fourth finger of his right hand, and should insert it into her right nostril with the verse, 'A man is Agni, a man is Indra' (MB. I, 4, 9).

2.6.12

atha yathārtham.

Then they should do what they like.