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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 184

RV 10 184.1

विष्णुर् योनिꣳ कल्पयतु त्वष्टा रूपाणि पिꣳशतु । आ सिञ्चतु प्रजापतिर् धाता गर्भꣳ दधातु ते

viṣṇur yoniṁ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṁśatu | ā siñcatu prajāpatir dhātā garbhaṁ dadhātu te

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

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

MAY Vishṇu form and mould the womb, may Tvashṭar duly shape the forms, Prajâpati infuse the stream, and Dhatar lay the germ for thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 184.2

गर्भꣳ धेहि सिनीवालि गर्भꣳ धेहि सरस्वति । गर्भꣳ ते अश्विनौ देवाव् आ धत्ताम् पुष्करस्रजा

garbhaṁ dhehi sinīvāli garbhaṁ dhehi sarasvati | garbhaṁ te aśvinau devāv ā dhattām puṣkarasrajā

Set an embryo, Sinīvālī; set an embryo, Sarasvatī; let the two Aśvin gods, garlanded with lotus, place the embryo in you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Sinîvâlî, set the germ, set thou the germ, Sarasvatî: May the Twain Gods bestow the germ, the Aṣvins crowned with lotuses.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 184.3

हिरण्ययी अरणी यꣳ निर्मन्थतो अश्विना । तꣳ ते गर्भꣳ हवामहे दशमे मासि सूतवे

hiraṇyayī araṇī yaṁ nirmanthato aśvinā | taṁ te garbhaṁ havāmahe daśame māsi sūtave

The embryo which the two Aśvins churn out with the golden fire-sticks — that embryo we call for you, for birth-giving in the tenth month.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That which the Aṣvins Twain rub forth with the attrition-sticks of gold,– That germ of thine we invocate, that in the tenth month thou mayst bear.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)