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IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN.
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furnish a son, bring him here (à gamaya), thou that comest here (agame)!
3. The bracelet that Aditi wore, when she desired a son, Tvashtar shall fasten upon this woman, intending that she shall beget a son.
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III, 23. Charm for obtaining a son (pumsavanam).
1. That which has caused thee to miscarry do we drive away from thee, that very thing do we deposit outside of thee, away in a far place.
2. Into thy womb shall enter a male germ, as an arrow into a quiver! May a man be born there, a son 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 prosperity 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 samt (mimosa suma): then a male child was produced. That, forsooth, is the way to obtain a son ; that do we bring to (our) wives.
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