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Kaushitakagrihyasutra 1.12.6

Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 1.12.6

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Sanskrit

1.12.6

ā te yoniṃ garbha etu pumān bāṇa iveṣudhim ā vīro atra jāyatāṃ putraste daśamāsyaḥ teṣāṃ mātā pipṛhi jātānāṃ janayāmi ca pumāṃstvaṃ putramādhehi pumānanujāyatām puṃsi vai puruṣo retaḥ tatstriyāmanasiñcatu tathā tadabravīd dhātā tatprajāpatirabravīt prajāpatirvyadadhāt savitā vyakalpayat tvaṣṭā vai rūpaṃ saṃdadhānnejameṣa parāpatāt strīṣu yamanyān svādadhāt pumāṃstvamadadādiha yāni bhadrāṇi bījāni puruṣā janayanti ca tāni bhadrāṇi bījānyṛṣabhā janayanti nau te 'bhiṣṭvaṃ putraṃ janayatsuprasūrdhenukā bhava abhikrandan vīḷayasva garbhamādhehi sādaya vṛṣāṇaṃ vṛṣannādhehi prajāyai tvā havāmahe yasyai yoniṃ prati reto dadhātu pumān putro jāyatāṃ garbhe asmin taṃ pipṛhi daśamāsyo 'ntarudare sa jāyatāṃ śreṣṭhatamasvānām iti vā \6\

Or [with]: ‘May a womb-fruit, a male, enter your womb as an arrow into a quiver; may a hero be born here, your ten-month son. Be a mother to those who are born, and I will bring them forth. Do you, a man, deposit a son; may a male be born after! For the man has semen; let him pour it into the woman; so has Dhātṛ spoken, so has Prajāpati spoken. Prajāpati arranged it, Savitṛ fashioned it; Tvaṣṭṛ indeed joined the form; O Nejameṣa, fly away! The other [embryos] which he placed among women—you, a male, gave here! What auspicious seeds men bring forth, and what auspicious seeds bulls bring forth for us, by them do you bring forth a son; be a good-giving milch cow! Roaring, become firm; deposit the womb-fruit; set it down. O bull, deposit a bull; we call on you for offspring. In whatever womb the semen is placed, may a male son be born in this womb; sustain him, the ten-month one inside the belly; may he be born as the best of his own people!’

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