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Mantra 1

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नारी–सुखप्रसूतिः। वषट् ते पूषन्नस्मिन्त्सूतावर्यमा होता कृणोतु वेधाः । सिस्रतां नार्यृतप्रजाता वि पर्वाणि जिहतां सूतवा उ

IAST Transliteration

váṣaṭ te pū́ṣann asmín sū́tāva aryamā́ hótā kṛṇotu vedhā́ḥ | sisrátāṃ nā́ry ṛtá-prajātā́ ví párvāṇi jihatāṃ sū́tavā́ u |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Vaṣaṭ to thee, O Pūṣan: in this bringing-forth let Aryaman, the wise Ordainer, be made the Hotar. Let the woman, rightly generated, flow forth; let the joints and bindings fall apart—let go, O bearer of birth, even now.

Word by Word

वषट्vaṣaṭ-exclamation (ritual call)

तेto/for you

पूषन्O Pūṣan

अस्मिन्in this

सूतौin the childbirth/delivery

अर्यमाAryaman

होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)

कृणोतुmay (he) make/do

वेधाःthe wise one / the ordainer

सिस्रताम्let (them) flow forth / proceed

नारीःwomen

ऋत-प्रजाताborn/producing according to ṛta (right order)

विapart, asunder, forth

पर्वाणिjoints/knots (of the body)

जिहताम्let (them) leave/loosen

सूतवाbringing forth easily / good at delivery

उindeed, verily

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective for early AV domestic charms); hymn attributed in later indices to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers.

Devata: Pūṣan and Aryaman (with Hotar-function transferred to Aryaman/vedhāḥ).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic irregularities possible in transmission).

Mantra Rasa

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