Sukta 23

Mantra 1

वीर-प्रसूतिः। येन वेहद् बभूविथ नाशयामसि तत् त्वत्। इदं तदन्यत्र त्वदप दूरे नि दध्मसि

Hero-bearing is this. That whereby thou hast become barren—this from thee we cause to perish: that same do we set elsewhere, away from thee, far off, and down.

Mantra 2

आ ते योनिं गर्भ एतु पुमान् बाण इवेषुधिम्। आ वीरोऽत्र जायतां पुत्रस्ते दशमास्यः

Into thy womb let the embryo come, a male, as an arrow into the quiver. Here let a hero be born—a son to thee, of ten months’ bearing.

Mantra 3

पुमांसं पुत्रं जनय तं पुमाननु जायताम्। भवासि पुत्राणां माता जातानां जनयाश्च यान्

Bring forth a manly son; let that male be born in due succession. Thou art the mother of sons already born, and those whom thou shalt yet bring forth.

Mantra 4

यानि भद्राणि बीजान्यृषभा जनयन्ति च । तैस्त्वं पुत्रं विन्दस्व सा प्रसूर्धेनुका भव

What auspicious seeds the bulls beget and bring to birth—with those do thou obtain a son; be thou a fruitful mother, cow-like in abundance.

Mantra 5

कृणोमि ते प्राजापत्यमा योनिं गर्भ एतु ते । विन्दस्व त्वं पुत्रं नारि यस्तुभ्यं शमसच्छमु तस्मै त्वं भव

I frame for thee a Prajāpati-wrought womb: let the embryo come to thee. Win thou a son, O Woman—one who shall be welfare unto thee; and be thou, in turn, welfare unto him.

Mantra 6

यासां द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव । तास्त्वा पुत्रविद्याय दैवीः प्रावन्त्वोषधयः

Whose Father is the Sky, whose Mother is the Earth, whose root the Ocean hath become—the Plants: may those divine Herbs advance to aid thee for the winning of a son.