Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

ATHARVA VEDA
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ten months old!
3. A male son do thou produce, and after him a male shall be born! Thou shalt be the mother of sons,
of those who are born, and those whom thou shalt bear!
4. By the effective seed which bulls put forth do thou obtain a son; be a fruitful milch-cow!
5. Pragâpati's (the lord of creatures) work do I perform for thee: may the germ enter into thy womb!
Obtain thou, woman, a son who shall bring prosperity to thee, and bring thou pi-osperity to him!
6. The plants whose father was the sky, whose mother the earth, Whose root the (heavenly) ocean--
may those divine herbs aid thee in obtaining a son!
VI, 11. Charm for obtaining a son (pumsavanam).
1. The asvattha (ficus religiosa) has mounted the samî (mimosa suma): then a male child was
produced. That, forsooth, is the way to obtain a son; that do we bring to (our) wives.
2. In the male, forsooth, seed doth grow, that is poured into the female. That, forsooth, is the way to
obtain a son; that has been told by Pragâpati.
3. Pragâpati, Anumati, and Sinîvâlî have fashioned him. May he (Pragâpati) elsewhere afford the
birth of a female, but here he shall bestow a man!
VII, 35. An incantation to make a woman sterile.
1. The other enemies conquer with might; beat back, O Gâtavedas, those that are not yet born! Enrich
this kingdom unto happiness, may all the gods acclaim this man!
2. Of these hundred entrails of thine, as well as of the thousand canals, of all these have I closed the
openings with a stone.
3. The upper part of the womb do I place below, there shall come to thee neither offspring nor birth! I
render thee sterile and devoid of offspring; a stone do I make into a cover for thee.
VI, 17. Charm to prevent miscarriage.
1. As this great earth conceives the germs of the beings, thus shalt thy embryo be-beld fast, to
produce a child after pregnancy!
2. As this great earth holds these trees, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after
pregnancy!
3. As this great earth holds the mountains and the peaks, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to
produce a child after pregnancy!
4. As this great earth holds the animals scattered far, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a
child after pregnancy!
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