{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01011.htm","path":"hin/av/av01011.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01011.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Vashat to thee. O P\u016bshan At this birth let Aryaman the Sage\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0perform as Hotar-priest, p. a12\n \u00a0\u00a0As one who bears in season let this dame be ready to bring forth\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0her child.\n 2Four are the regions of the sky, and four the regions of the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0earth:\n \u00a0\u00a0The Gods have brought the babe; let them prepare the woman\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for the birth.\n 3Puerpera (infatem) detegat: nos uterum aperimus. Lexa teipsam,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0puerpera. Tu, parturiens! emitte eum non carni, non adipi,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0non medullae adh\u0101erntem.\n 4Descendat viscosa placenta, cani, comedenda placenta; decidat\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0placenta.\n 5Diffindo tuum urinae ductum, diffindo vaginam, diffindo inguina.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Matrem natumque divido, puerum a placenta divido: decidat\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0placenta.\n 6Sicut ventus, sicut mens, sicut alites volant, sic, decem mensium\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0puer, cum placenta descende: descendat placenta.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 11: A charm to be used at child-birth","type":"page"}