1Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)parvatād divo yoner aṅgādaṅgāt samābhṛtam
śepo garbhasya retodhāḥ sarau parṇam ivā dadhat
English · William Dwight WhitneyFor successful conception
Brought together from the cloud (? párvata), from the womb (yóni) of the sky, from every member, let the virile organ, seed-placer of the embryo, set (ā-dhā) [it] like the feather on the shaft.
2Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)yatheyaṃ pṛthivī mahī bhūtānāṃ garbham ādadhe
evā dadhāmi te garbhaṃ tasmai tvām avase huve
English · William Dwight WhitneyAs this great earth receives the embryo of existences, so do I set thine embryo; I call thee to its aid.
3Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)garbhaṃ dhehi sinīvāli garbhaṃ dhehi sarasvati
garbhaṃ te aśvinobhā dhattāṃ puṣkarasrajā
English · William Dwight WhitneyPlace the embryo, O Sinīvālī; place the embryo, O Sarasvatī; let both the Açvins, garlanded with blue lotus, set thine embryo.
4Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)garbhaṃ te mitrāvaruṇau garbham devo bṛhaspatiḥ
garbhaṃ ta indraś cāgniś ca garbhaṃ dhātā dadhātu te
English · William Dwight WhitneyThine embryo let Mitra-and-Varuṇa, [thine] embryo let god Brihaspati, thine embryo let both Indra and Agni, thine embryo let Dhātar place.
5Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)viṣṇur yoniṃ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṃśatu
ā siñcatu prajāpatir dhātā garbhaṃ dadhātu te
English · William Dwight WhitneyLet Vishṇu prepare the womb (yóni); let Tvashṭar adorn the forms; let Prajāpati pour on; let Dhātar place thine embryo.
6Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)yad veda rājā varuṇo yad vā devī sarasvatī
yad indro vṛtrahā veda tad garbhakaraṇaṃ piba
English · William Dwight WhitneyWhat king Varuṇa, or what divine Sarasvatī knows, what Indra the Vritra-slayer knows, that embryo-maker do thou drink.
7Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)garbho asy oṣadhīnāṃ garbho vanaspatīnām
garbho viśvasya bhūtasya so agne garbham eha dhāḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyEmbryo art thou of herbs, embryo of forest-trees, embryo of every existence; mayest thou, O Agni, set an embryo here.
8Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)adhi skanda vīrayasva garbham ā dhehi yonyām
vṛṣāsi vṛṣṇyāvan prajāyai tvā nayāmasi
English · William Dwight WhitneyMount thou; play the hero; set an embryo in the womb; virile (vṛ́ṣan) art thou, that hast virility; for progeny do we conduct thee hither.
9Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)vi jihīṣva bārhatsāme garbhas te yonim ā śayām
aduṣ ṭe devāḥ putraṃ somapā ubhayāvinam
English · William Dwight WhitneyGo apart, O Bārhatsāmā; let an embryo lie unto thy womb (yóni); the gods, soma-drinkers, have given thee a son partaking of both.
10Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)dhātaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ
pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave
English · William Dwight WhitneyO Dhatar, with best form, in the two groins of this woman do thou set a male (púmāṅs) son, to be born in the tenth month.
11Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)tvaṣṭaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ
pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave
English · William Dwight WhitneyO Tvashṭar, with best etc. etc.
12Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)savitaḥ śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ
pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave
English · William Dwight WhitneyO Savitar ('impeller'), with best etc. etc.
13Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)prajāpate śreṣṭhena rūpeṇāsyā nāryā gavīnyoḥ
pumāṃsaṃ putram ā dhehi daśame māsi sūtave
English · William Dwight WhitneyO Prajāpati, with best etc. etc.