{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06017.htm","path":"hin/av/av06017.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06017.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Even as this mighty Earth conceived the germ of all the things\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that be,\n \u00a0\u00a0So may the germ of life be laid in thee that thou mayst bear a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0son.\n 2Even as this mighty Earth hath borne and bears the stately\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0forest trees,\n \u00a0\u00a0So may the germ of life be borne in thee that thou mayst bear a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0son.\n 3Even as this mighty Earth hath borne and bears the mountains\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the hills,\n \u00a0\u00a0So may the germ of life be borne in thee that thou mayst bear\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a son. p. a207\n 4Even as this mighty Earth supports the moving world that\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0dwells thereon,\n \u00a0\u00a0So may the germ of life be borne in thee that thou mayst bear a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0son.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 17: A charm to ensure conception","type":"page"}