Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 25

AV 5 25.1

पर्वताद् दिवो योनेर् अङ्गादङ्गात् समाभृतम् । शेपो गर्भस्य रेतोधाः सरौ पर्णम् इवा दधत्

parvatād divo yoner aṅgādaṅgāt samābhṛtam | śepo garbhasya retodhāḥ sarau parṇam ivā dadhat

Brought together from the mountain, from the sky, from the womb, from limb after limb: the member, the placer of the seed of the embryo, setting (it) down as (one sets) a feather on an arrow.

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

AV 5 25.2

यथेयं पृथिवी मही भूतानां गर्भम् आदधे । एवा दधामि ते गर्भं तस्मै त्वाम् अवसे हुवे

yatheyaṃ pṛthivī mahī bhūtānāṃ garbham ādadhe | evā dadhāmi te garbhaṃ tasmai tvām avase huve

As this great earth has received the embryo of beings, so do I place an embryo in you; for that I call upon you for help.

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AV 5 25.3

गर्भं धेहि सिनीवालि गर्भं धेहि सरस्वति । गर्भं ते अश्विनोभा धत्तां पुष्करस्रजा

garbhaṃ dhehi sinīvāli garbhaṃ dhehi sarasvati | garbhaṃ te aśvinobhā dhattāṃ puṣkarasrajā

Place an embryo, Sinīvālī; place an embryo, Sarasvatī; let both the Aśvins, garlanded with lotus, place an embryo in you.

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AV 5 25.4

गर्भं ते मित्रावरुणौ गर्भम् देवो बृहस्पतिः । गर्भं त इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च गर्भं धाता दधातु ते

garbhaṃ te mitrāvaruṇau garbham devo bṛhaspatiḥ | garbhaṃ ta indraś cāgniś ca garbhaṃ dhātā dadhātu te

An embryo (may) Mitra and Varuṇa (place) in you, an embryo the god Bṛhaspati, an embryo Indra and Agni in you — let Dhātṛ place an embryo in you.

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AV 5 25.5

विष्णुर् योनिं कल्पयतु त्वष्टा रूपाणि पिंशतु । आ सिञ्चतु प्रजापतिर् धाता गर्भं दधातु ते

viṣṇur yoniṃ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṃśatu | ā siñcatu prajāpatir dhātā garbhaṃ dadhātu te

Let Viṣṇu prepare the womb, let Tvaṣṭṛ shape the forms; let Prajāpati pour in, let Dhātṛ place an embryo in you.

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AV 5 25.6

यद् वेद राजा वरुणो यद् वा देवी सरस्वती । यद् इन्द्रो वृत्रहा वेद तद् गर्भकरणं पिब

yad veda rājā varuṇo yad vā devī sarasvatī | yad indro vṛtrahā veda tad garbhakaraṇaṃ piba

What king Varuṇa knows, or what the goddess Sarasvatī (knows), what Indra the slayer of Vṛtra knows — drink that, the maker of an embryo.

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AV 5 25.7

गर्भो अस्य् ओषधीनां गर्भो वनस्पतीनाम् । गर्भो विश्वस्य भूतस्य सो अग्ने गर्भम् एह धाः

garbho asy oṣadhīnāṃ garbho vanaspatīnām | garbho viśvasya bhūtasya so agne garbham eha dhāḥ

You are the embryo of the plants, the embryo of the forest trees, the embryo of every being; so, Agni, place an embryo here.

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AV 5 25.8

अधि स्कन्द वीरयस्व गर्भम् आ धेहि योन्याम् । वृषासि वृष्ण्यावन् प्रजायै त्वा नयामसि

adhi skanda vīrayasva garbham ā dhehi yonyām | vṛṣāsi vṛṣṇyāvan prajāyai tvā nayāmasi

Mount up, act the man; place an embryo in the womb. You are a bull, O possessor of virility; for offspring we lead you.

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AV 5 25.9

वि जिहीष्व बार्हत्सामे गर्भस् ते योनिम् आ शयाम् । अदुष् टे देवाः पुत्रं सोमपा उभयाविनम्

vi jihīṣva bārhatsāme garbhas te yonim ā śayām | aduṣ ṭe devāḥ putraṃ somapā ubhayāvinam

Open yourself apart, you of the Bārhatsāman; let the embryo lie in your womb. The soma-drinking gods have given you a son possessed of both (kinds of wealth).

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

AV 5 25.10

धातः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे

dhātaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave

O Dhātṛ, with your most excellent form place a male son in the two groins of this woman, to be born in the tenth month.

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AV 5 25.11

त्वष्टः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे

tvaṣṭaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave

O Tvaṣṭṛ, with your most excellent form place a male son in the two groins of this woman, to be born in the tenth month.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 25.12

सवितः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे

savitaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave

O Savitṛ, with your most excellent form place a male son in the two groins of this woman, to be born in the tenth month.

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AV 5 25.13

प्रजापते श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रम् आ धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे

prajāpate śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ | pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave

O Prajāpati, with your most excellent form place a male son in the two groins of this woman, to be born in the tenth month.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition