{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av05025.htm","path":"hin/av/av05025.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av05025.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Let the man, sower of the germ, lay, as a feather on a shaft.\n \u00a0\u00a0Limb drawn from limb, whate'er is culled from cloud and from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the womb of heaven.\n 2Even as this broad earth received the germ of all the things that\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0be,\n \u00a0\u00a0Thus within thee I lay the germ. I call thee, Earth, to strengthen\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0it.\n 3O Siniv\u0101li, set the germ, set thou the germ, Sarasvati! In thee\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0let both the Asvins, crowned with lotuses, bestow the germ.\n 4Let Mitra-Varuna and God Brihaspati lay the germ in thee.\n \u00a0\u00a0Indra and Agni lay the germ, Dh\u0101tar bestow the germ in thee.\n 5Let Vishnu form and mould the womb, let Tvashtar duly shape\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the forms,\n \u00a0\u00a0Praj\u0101pati infuse the stream, and Dh\u0101tar lay for thee the germ.\n 6Drink thou the procreative draught well-known to Varuna the\n \u00a0\u00a0King,\n \u00a0\u00a0Known to divine Sarasvati, and Indra slayer of the foe.\n 7Thou art the germ of plants and herbs, thou art the germ of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0forest trees,\n \u00a0\u00a0The germ of each existing thing, so here, O Agni, lay the germ.\n 8Rise up, put forth thy manly strength, and lay thy germ within\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the womb.\n \u00a0\u00a0A bull art thou with vigorous strength: for progeny we bring\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee near.\n 9Prepare thee, B\u0101rhats\u0101m\u0101, let the germ be laid within thy side.\n \u00a0\u00a0The Soma-drinking Gods have given a son to thee, thy son and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mine.\n 10O Dh\u0101tar, thou Disposer, lay within the body of this dame.\n \u00a0\u00a0A male germ with the noblest form, for her, in the tenth month,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to bear.\n 11Tvashtar, celestial artist, lay within the body of this dame.\n \u00a0\u00a0A male germ with the noblest form for her in the tenth month\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to bear. p. a188\n 12Savitar, vivifier, lay within the body of this dame A male germ\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with the noblest form for her in the tenth month to bear.\n 13O Lord of Life, Praj\u0101pati, within this woman's body lay\n \u00a0\u00a0A male germ with the noblest form for her in the tenth month\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to bear.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 5: Hymn 25: A charm to facilitate conception","type":"page"}