विष्णु॒र्योनिं॑ कल्पयतु॒ त्वष्टा॑ रू॒पाणि॑ पिंशतु ।
आ सि॑ञ्चतु प्र॒जाप॑तिर्धा॒ता गर्भं॑ दधातु ते
viṣṇuryoniṃ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṃśatu |
ā siñcatu prajāpatirdhātā garbhaṃ dadhātu te
Mandala 10
Sukta 184: Prayer for conception and safe birth
Rishi: त्वष्टा गर्भकर्ता, विष्णुर्वा प्राजापत्यः · Devata: १ विष्णु-त्वष्टृ-प्रजापति-धातारः, २ सिनीवालीसरस्वत्यश्विनः, ३ अश्विनौ · Metre: अनुष्टुप्
3 verses · 184 of 191
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Prayer for conception and safe birth
Tvashtar Garbhakarta, or Vishnu Prajapatya, speaks in anushtubh to the devas of birth. May Vishnu shape the womb, Tvashtar fashion the forms, Prajapati pour, and Dhatar place the germ in you. Place the germ, Sinivali; place the germ, Sarasvati; may the two divine Ashvins, wreathed with lotus, set the germ in you. The germ that the Ashvins churn out with golden fire-sticks, we call for you, to be born in the tenth month. The three verses are spoken at the garbhadhana rite, asking every power of birth to guard the child from conception to birth.
गर्भं॑ धेहि सिनीवालि॒ गर्भं॑ धेहि सरस्वति ।
गर्भं॑ ते अ॒श्विनौ॑ दे॒वावा ध॑त्तां॒ पुष्क॑रस्रजा
garbhaṃ dhehi sinīvāli garbhaṃ dhehi sarasvati |
garbhaṃ te aśvinau devāvā dhattāṃ puṣkarasrajā
हि॒र॒ण्ययी॑ अ॒रणी॒ यं नि॒र्मन्थ॑तो अ॒श्विना॑ ।
तं ते॒ गर्भं॑ हवामहे दश॒मे मा॒सि सूत॑वे
hiraṇyayī araṇī yaṃ nirmanthato aśvinā |
taṃ te garbhaṃ havāmahe daśame māsi sūtave
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