Mandala 10

Sukta 183: Blessing for a couple seeking a child

Rishi: प्रजावान् प्राजापत्यः · Devata: १ यजमानः, २ यजमानपत्नी, ३ होत्राशिषः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

3 verses · 183 of 191

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Blessing for a couple seeking a child

Prajavan Prajapatya speaks in trishtubh: the first verse to the yajamana, the second to his wife, the third as the hotar's blessing. I saw you in my mind, thoughtful, born of tapas, grown by tapas; here, rejoicing in offspring and wealth, be fruitful with children, you who desire a son. I saw you in my mind, meditating, praying in your own body for the right season; rise up to me, young woman, be fruitful with children, you who desire a son. The third verse speaks: I placed the germ in plants and in all worlds; I brought forth creatures on the earth and sons for wives.

183.1

अप॑श्यं त्वा॒ मन॑सा॒ चेकि॑तानं॒ तप॑सो जा॒तं तप॑सो॒ विभू॑तम् ।
इ॒ह प्र॒जामि॒ह र॒यिं ररा॑ण॒ः प्र जा॑यस्व प्र॒जया॑ पुत्रकाम

apaśyaṃ tvā manasā cekitānaṃ tapaso jātaṃ tapaso vibhūtam |
iha prajāmiha rayiṃ rarāṇaḥ pra jāyasva prajayā putrakāma

183.2

अप॑श्यं त्वा॒ मन॑सा॒ दीध्या॑नां॒ स्वायां॑ त॒नू ऋत्व्ये॒ नाध॑मानाम् ।
उप॒ मामु॒च्चा यु॑व॒तिर्ब॑भूया॒ः प्र जा॑यस्व प्र॒जया॑ पुत्रकामे

apaśyaṃ tvā manasā dīdhyānāṃ svāyāṃ tanū ṛtvye nādhamānām |
upa māmuccā yuvatirbabhūyāḥ pra jāyasva prajayā putrakāme

183.3

अ॒हं गर्भ॑मदधा॒मोष॑धीष्व॒हं विश्वे॑षु॒ भुव॑नेष्व॒न्तः ।
अ॒हं प्र॒जा अ॑जनयं पृथि॒व्याम॒हं जनि॑भ्यो अप॒रीषु॑ पु॒त्रान्

ahaṃ garbhamadadhāmoṣadhīṣvahaṃ viśveṣu bhuvaneṣvantaḥ |
ahaṃ prajā ajanayaṃ pṛthivyāmahaṃ janibhyo aparīṣu putrān

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