Rig Veda
aśvināv eha gacchataṃ nāsatyā mā vi venatam haṃsāv iva patatam ā sutāṁ upa
Ye Asvins, hither come to us: Nasatyas, be not disinclined. Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.
aśvinā hariṇāv iva gaurāv ivānu yavasam haṃsāv iva patatam ā sutāṁ upa
O Asvins, like a pair of deer, like two wild cattle to the mead: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.
aśvinā vājinīvasū juṣethāṃ yajñam iṣṭaye haṃsāv iva patatam ā sutāṁ upa
O Asvins rich in gifts, accept our sacrifice to prosper it: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.
atrir yad vām avarohann ṛbīsam ajohavīn nādhamāneva yoṣā śyenasya cij javasā nūtanenāgacchatam aśvinā śantamena
As Atri when descending to the cave called on you loudly like a wailing woman. Ye came to him, O Asvins, with the freshest and most auspicious fleetness of a falcon.
vi jihīṣva vanaspate yoniḥ sūṣyantyā iva śrutam me aśvinā havaṃ saptavadhriṃ ca muñcatam
Tree, part asunder like the side of her who bringeth forth a child. Ye Asvins, listen to my call: loose Saptavadhri from his bonds.
bhītāya nādhamānāya ṛṣaye saptavadhraye māyābhir aśvinā yuvaṃ vṛkṣaṃ saṃ ca vi cācathaḥ
For Saptavadhri, for the seer affrighted when he wept and waffled, Ye, Asvins, with your magic powers rent up the tree and shattered it.
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Like as the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses, So stir in thee the babe unborn, so may the ten-month babe descend.
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Like as the wind, like as the wood, like as the sea is set astir, So also, ten-month babe, descend together with the after-birth.
daśa māsāñchaśayānaḥ kumāro adhi mātari niraitu jīvo akṣato jīvo jīvantyā adhi
The child who hath for ten months' time been lying in his mother's side,- May he come forth alive, unharmed, yea, living from the living dame.