Mantra 13

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रजापते श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रमा धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे

IAST Transliteration

prajā́pate śréṣṭhena rūpéṇāsyā́ nā́ryā gavīnyóḥ | púmāṃsaṃ putrám ā́ dhehi daśamé mā́si sūtáve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Prajāpati, with thy most excellent form, within this woman—these cow-like sources of increase—implant a manly son, that in the tenth month she may bring him forth.

Translation

يا براجاپتي، بصورتك الأسمى، في داخل هذه المرأة—ينابيع النماء الشبيهة بالبقر—اغرسْ ابناً ذكراً قويّاً، لكي تَلِدَه في الشهر العاشر.

Word by Word

प्रजापतेO Prajāpati

श्रेष्ठेनwith the best

रूपेणby/with (your) form

अस्याःof this

नार्याःwoman

गवीन्योःof the two gavinī-s (two cow(-forms)/cow(-wives))

पुमांसम्a male

पुत्रम्a son

आtowards; in

धेहिplace; implant; bestow

दशमेin the tenth

मासिmonth

सूतवेfor giving birth; to bear

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Prajāpati

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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