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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 11

AV 1 11.1

वषट् ते पूषन्न् अस्मिन्त् सूताव् अर्यमा होता कृणोतु वेधाः । सिस्रतां नार्य् ऋतप्रजाता वि पर्वाणि जिहतां सूतवा उ

vaṣaṭ te pūṣann asmint sūtāv aryamā hotā kṛṇotu vedhāḥ | sisratāṃ nāry ṛtaprajātā vi parvāṇi jihatāṃ sūtavā u

Vaṣaṭ to you, Pūṣan, at this birth! Let Aryaman, the wise hotṛ, perform (it). Let the woman, engendered by ṛta, be set flowing; let the joints part for the bringing forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Vashat to thee. O Pūshan At this birth let Aryaman the Sage perform as Hotar-priest, As one who bears in season let this dame be ready to bring forth her child.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 11.2

चतस्रो दिवः प्रदिशश् चतस्रो भूम्या उत । देवा गर्भं सम् ऐरयन् तं व्य् ऊर्णुवन्तु सूतवे

catasro divaḥ pradiśaś catasro bhūmyā uta | devā garbhaṃ sam airayan taṃ vy ūrṇuvantu sūtave

Four are the directions of heaven, and four of the earth. The gods brought the embryo together; let them uncover it for the bringing forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Four are the regions of the sky, and four the regions of the earth: The Gods have brought the babe; let them prepare the woman for the birth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 11.3

सूषा व्य् ऊर्णोतु वि योनिं हापयामसि । श्रथया सूषणे त्वम् अव त्वं बिष्कले सृज

sūṣā vy ūrṇotu vi yoniṃ hāpayāmasi | śrathayā sūṣaṇe tvam ava tvaṃ biṣkale sṛja

Let Sūṣā uncover (her); we make the womb open. Loosen (it), you Sūṣaṇā; you, Biṣkalā, let (it) go down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Puerpera (infatem) detegat: nos uterum aperimus. Lexa teipsam, puerpera. Tu, parturiens! emitte eum non carni, non adipi, non medullae adhāerntem.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 11.4

नेव मांसे न पीवसि नेव मज्जस्व् आहतम् । अवैतु पृश्नि शेवलं शुने जराय्व् अत्तवे ऽव जरायु पद्यताम्

neva māṃse na pīvasi neva majjasv āhatam | avaitu pṛśni śevalaṃ śune jarāyv attave 'va jarāyu padyatām

Not as though fixed in the flesh, nor in the fat, nor in the marrow: let the speckled slimy afterbirth go down, for the dog to eat; let the afterbirth fall down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Descendat viscosa placenta, cani, comedenda placenta; decidat placenta.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 11.5

वि ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वि योनिं वि गवीनिके । वि मातरं च पुत्रं च वि कुमारं जरायुणाव जरायु पद्यताम्

vi te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vi yoniṃ vi gavīnike | vi mātaraṃ ca putraṃ ca vi kumāraṃ jarāyuṇāva jarāyu padyatām

I split open your urinary passage, open the womb, open the two groins; (I part) mother and son, (I part) the boy from the afterbirth — let the afterbirth fall down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Diffindo tuum urinae ductum, diffindo vaginam, diffindo inguina. Matrem natumque divido, puerum a placenta divido: decidat placenta.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 11.6

यथा वातो यथा मनो यथा पतन्ति पक्षिणः । एवा त्वं दशमास्य साकं जरायुणा पताव जरायु पद्यताम्

yathā vāto yathā mano yathā patanti pakṣiṇaḥ | evā tvaṃ daśamāsya sākaṃ jarāyuṇā patāva jarāyu padyatām

As the wind, as thought, as the birds fly, so do you, ten-month-old one, fly together with the afterbirth — let the afterbirth fall down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Sicut ventus, sicut mens, sicut alites volant, sic, decem mensium puer, cum placenta descende: descendat placenta.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)