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.

Translation

(Cầu cho sản phụ sinh nở an lành.) Vaṣaṭ (vaṣaṭ) dâng Ngài, hỡi Pūṣan! Trong cuộc sinh này, xin đặt Aryaman—bậc an bài minh triết—làm Hotar. Xin người nữ được thụ thai đúng pháp tuôn chảy ra; xin các khớp và mọi ràng buộc rời bung—hãy buông ra, hỡi kẻ mang việc sinh, ngay lúc này.

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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