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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 11

AV 6 11.1

शमीम् अश्वत्थ आरूढस् तत्र पुंसुवनं कृतम् । तद् वै पुत्रस्य वेदनं तत् स्त्रीष्व् आ भरामसि

śamīm aśvattha ārūḍhas tatra puṃsuvanaṃ kṛtam | tad vai putrasya vedanaṃ tat strīṣv ā bharāmasi

The Aśvattha has mounted the Śamī; there the begetting of a male was made. That indeed is the obtaining of a son; that we bring to the women.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Asvattha on the Sami-tree. There a male birth is certified. There is the finding of a son: this bring we to the women-folk.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 11.2

पुंसि वै रेतो भवति तत् स्त्रियाम् अनु षिच्यते । तद् वै पुत्रस्य वेदनं तत् प्रजापतिर् अब्रवीत्

puṃsi vai reto bhavati tat striyām anu ṣicyate | tad vai putrasya vedanaṃ tat prajāpatir abravīt

In the male, indeed, the seed comes to be; that is poured into the woman. That indeed is the obtaining of a son; so Prajāpati said.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The father sows the genial seed, the woman tends and fosters it. This is the finding of a son: thus hath Prajāpati declared.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 11.3

प्रजापतिर् अनुमतिः सिनीवाल्य् अचीकॢपत् । स्त्रैषूयम् अन्यत्र दधत् पुमांसम् उ दधत् इह

prajāpatir anumatiḥ sinīvāly acīkḷpat | straiṣūyam anyatra dadhat pumāṃsam u dadhat iha

Prajāpati, Anumati, Sinīvālī have arranged it: putting femaleness elsewhere, and putting a male here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Prajāpati, Anumati, Sinivāli have ordered it. Elsewhere may he effect the birth of maids, but here prepare a boy.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)