Book 5: Hymn 25: A charm to facilitate conception

1Let the man, sower of the germ, lay, as a feather on a shaft. Limb drawn from limb, whate'er is culled from cloud and from the womb of heaven. 2Even as this broad earth received the germ of all the things that be, Thus within thee I lay the germ. I call thee, Earth, to strengthen it. 3O Sinivāli, set the germ, set thou the germ, Sarasvati! In thee let both the Asvins, crowned with lotuses, bestow the germ. 4Let Mitra-Varuna and God Brihaspati lay the germ in thee. Indra and Agni lay the germ, Dhātar bestow the germ in thee. 5Let Vishnu form and mould the womb, let Tvashtar duly shape the forms, Prajāpati infuse the stream, and Dhātar lay for thee the germ. 6Drink thou the procreative draught well-known to Varuna the King, Known to divine Sarasvati, and Indra slayer of the foe. 7Thou art the germ of plants and herbs, thou art the germ of forest trees, The germ of each existing thing, so here, O Agni, lay the germ. 8Rise up, put forth thy manly strength, and lay thy germ within the womb. A bull art thou with vigorous strength: for progeny we bring thee near. 9Prepare thee, Bārhatsāmā, let the germ be laid within thy side. The Soma-drinking Gods have given a son to thee, thy son and mine. 10O Dhātar, thou Disposer, lay within the body of this dame.

A male germ with the noblest form, for her, in the tenth month, to bear. 11Tvashtar, celestial artist, lay within the body of this dame. A male germ with the noblest form for her in the tenth month to bear. p. a188 12Savitar, vivifier, lay within the body of this dame A male germ with the noblest form for her in the tenth month to bear. 13O Lord of Life, Prajāpati, within this woman's body lay A male germ with the noblest form for her in the tenth month to bear.