ground these he sprinkles them with curds (dadhi), honey, and ghee, and then offers (the proper portions) of clarified butter (âjya).
1. The earth is the essence of all these things, water is the essence of the earth, plants of water, flowers of plants, fruits of flowers, man of fruits, seed of man.
2. And Prajâpati thought, let me make an abode for him, and he created a woman (Śatarûpâ).
Tam sṛṣṭvā adha upāsta, tasmāt striyam adha upāsīta. Sa etam prāṇam grāvāṇam ātmana eva samudapārayat, tenainām abhyasṛjat.
3. Her lap is the altar, the hairs the sacred grass, the skin the press, the two labia the fire in the middle, the two testicles the fire-sticks. He who knows this, though he approach a woman, he obtains as much as he who offers a Vâjapeya sacrifice. But he who, without knowing this, approaches a woman, the good works of the woman he takes to himself.
4. This Uddâlaka Âruṇi knew, this Naka Maudgalya knew, this Kumârahârita knew. Many indeed, though Brahmans by descent, without knowledge, leave this world, powerless, destitute, who approach a woman without knowing this. Much, indeed, whether asleep or awake, seed flows from a man.
5. He should touch it, or mutter this verse: “Whatever seed of mine has flowed to the earth to-day, whatever has flowed to the plants, whatever to the waters, I take it back; may my strength, my vigour, my glory, my fire, my place return to me,” and he should touch his breasts or his eyebrows with the thumb and forefinger, or with the ring-finger and thumb.
1. The earth is the essence of all these things, water is the essence of the earth, plants of water, flowers of plants, fruits of flowers, man of fruits, seed of man.
2. And Prajâpati thought, let me make an abode for him, and he created a woman (Śatarûpâ).
Tam sṛṣṭvā adha upāsta, tasmāt striyam adha upāsīta. Sa etam prāṇam grāvāṇam ātmana eva samudapārayat, tenainām abhyasṛjat.
3. Her lap is the altar, the hairs the sacred grass, the skin the press, the two labia the fire in the middle, the two testicles the fire-sticks. He who knows this, though he approach a woman, he obtains as much as he who offers a Vâjapeya sacrifice. But he who, without knowing this, approaches a woman, the good works of the woman he takes to himself.
4. This Uddâlaka Âruṇi knew, this Naka Maudgalya knew, this Kumârahârita knew. Many indeed, though Brahmans by descent, without knowledge, leave this world, powerless, destitute, who approach a woman without knowing this. Much, indeed, whether asleep or awake, seed flows from a man.
5. He should touch it, or mutter this verse: “Whatever seed of mine has flowed to the earth to-day, whatever has flowed to the plants, whatever to the waters, I take it back; may my strength, my vigour, my glory, my fire, my place return to me,” and he should touch his breasts or his eyebrows with the thumb and forefinger, or with the ring-finger and thumb.
6. If a man see himself in the water he should
recite the following verse: ‘May there be in me splendour, strength, glory, wealth, virtue.’
She is the best of women whose garments are pure. Therefore let him approach a woman whose garments are pure, and whose fame is pure, and address her.
7. If she do not give in, let him, as he likes, bribe her (with presents). And if she then do not give in, let him, as he likes, beat her with a stick or with his hand, and overcome her, saying: ‘With manly strength and glory I take away thy glory,’—and thus she becomes unglorious.
8. If she give in, he says: ‘With manly strength and glory I give thee glory,’—and thus they both become glorious.
9. If she wishes him, let him, after having placed her in the proper position, join his mouth to her mouth, touch her secret parts, and recite: ‘Thou art born from limb to limb, thou art produced from the heart; thou art the essence of the limbs; I, as one pierced by a poisoned arrow, make thee intoxicated with me.’
10. If he wishes that no child should be conceived, let him, after having placed her in the proper position, join his mouth to her mouth, breathe upon her, and say: ‘With my sense, with thy seed, I take away the seed.’ Thus she does not conceive.
recite the following verse: ‘May there be in me splendour, strength, glory, wealth, virtue.’
She is the best of women whose garments are pure. Therefore let him approach a woman whose garments are pure, and whose fame is pure, and address her.
7. If she do not give in, let him, as he likes, bribe her (with presents). And if she then do not give in, let him, as he likes, beat her with a stick or with his hand, and overcome her, saying: ‘With manly strength and glory I take away thy glory,’—and thus she becomes unglorious.
8. If she give in, he says: ‘With manly strength and glory I give thee glory,’—and thus they both become glorious.
9. If she wishes him, let him, after having placed her in the proper position, join his mouth to her mouth, touch her secret parts, and recite: ‘Thou art born from limb to limb, thou art produced from the heart; thou art the essence of the limbs; I, as one pierced by a poisoned arrow, make thee intoxicated with me.’
10. If he wishes that no child should be conceived, let him, after having placed her in the proper position, join his mouth to her mouth, breathe upon her, and say: ‘With my sense, with thy seed, I take away the seed.’ Thus she does not conceive.
11. If he wishes that a child should be conceived, let him, after having placed her in the proper position, join his mouth to her mouth, breathe upon her, and say: ‘With my sense, with Thy seed, I take the seed.’ Thus she becomes pregnant.
12. Now again, if a man’s wife has a lover and the husband hates him, let him place fire by an unbaked jar, spread a layer of arrows in inverse order, anoint these three arrow-heads with butter in inverse order, and sacrifice, saying: ‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy up and down breathing, I here.’
‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy sons and cattle, I here.’
‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy sacred and Thy good works, I here.’
‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy hope and expectation, I here.’
He whom a Brâhmaṇa who knows this curses departs from this world without strength and without good works. Therefore let no one wish even for sport with the wife of a Śrotriya who knows this, for he who knows this is a dangerous enemy.
13. When the monthly illness seizes his wife, she should for three days not drink from a metal vessel, and wear a fresh dress. Let no Vrishala or Vrishali (a Śudra man or woman) touch her. At the end of the three days, when she has bathed, the husband should make her pound rice.
12. Now again, if a man’s wife has a lover and the husband hates him, let him place fire by an unbaked jar, spread a layer of arrows in inverse order, anoint these three arrow-heads with butter in inverse order, and sacrifice, saying: ‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy up and down breathing, I here.’
‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy sons and cattle, I here.’
‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy sacred and Thy good works, I here.’
‘Thou hast sacrificed in my fire, I take away Thy hope and expectation, I here.’
He whom a Brâhmaṇa who knows this curses departs from this world without strength and without good works. Therefore let no one wish even for sport with the wife of a Śrotriya who knows this, for he who knows this is a dangerous enemy.
13. When the monthly illness seizes his wife, she should for three days not drink from a metal vessel, and wear a fresh dress. Let no Vrishala or Vrishali (a Śudra man or woman) touch her. At the end of the three days, when she has bathed, the husband should make her pound rice.
14. And if a man wishes that a white son should be born to him, and that he should know one Veda, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with milk and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.
15. And if a man wishes that a reddish son with tawny eyes should be born to him, and that he should know two Vedas, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with coagulated milk and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.
16. And if a man wishes that a dark son should be born to him with red eyes, and that he should know three Vedas, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with water and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.
17. And if a man wishes that a learned daughter should be born to him, and that she should live to her full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with sesamum and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.
18. And if a man wishes that a learned son should be born to him, famous, a public man, a popular speaker, that he should know all the Vedas, and that he should live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with meat and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring. The meat should be of a young or of an old bull.
15. And if a man wishes that a reddish son with tawny eyes should be born to him, and that he should know two Vedas, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with coagulated milk and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.
16. And if a man wishes that a dark son should be born to him with red eyes, and that he should know three Vedas, and live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with water and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.
17. And if a man wishes that a learned daughter should be born to him, and that she should live to her full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with sesamum and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring.
18. And if a man wishes that a learned son should be born to him, famous, a public man, a popular speaker, that he should know all the Vedas, and that he should live to his full age, then, after having prepared boiled rice with meat and butter, they should both eat, being fit to have offspring. The meat should be of a young or of an old bull.
19. And then toward morning, after having, according to the rule of the Sthalipaka (pot-boiling), performed the preparation of the Âjya (clarified butter), he sacrifices from the Sthalipaka bit by bit, saying: ‘This is for Agni, Svaha! This is for Anumati, Svaha! This is for the divine Sâvitrî, the true creator, Svaha!’ Having sacrificed, he takes out the rest of the rice and eats it, and after having eaten, he gives it to his wife. Then he washes his hands, fills a water-jar, and sprinkles her thrice with it, saying: ‘Rise hence, O Viśvavasu, seek another blooming girl, a wife with her husband.’
20. Then he embraces her, and says: ‘I am Ama (breath), thou art Sa (speech). Thou art Sa (speech), I am Ama (breath). I am the Sâman, thou art the Rik. I am the sky, thou art the earth. Come, let us strive together, that a male child may be begotten.’
21. Then he parts her hair, saying, ‘Viṣṇu has cut, heaven and earth,’ and having rested on its meaning, having joined mouth to mouth, he thrice strokes her in the direction of the hair, saying: ‘May Viṣṇu prepare the womb, may Tvaṣṭṛ shape the forms, may Prajâpati pour in, may Dhâtṛ place the embryo in thee. Place the embryo, Sinîvâlî, place the embryo, O broad-hipped one; the two divine Aśvins, crowned with lotuses, have placed the embryo in thee.’
20. Then he embraces her, and says: ‘I am Ama (breath), thou art Sa (speech). Thou art Sa (speech), I am Ama (breath). I am the Sâman, thou art the Rik. I am the sky, thou art the earth. Come, let us strive together, that a male child may be begotten.’
21. Then he parts her hair, saying, ‘Viṣṇu has cut, heaven and earth,’ and having rested on its meaning, having joined mouth to mouth, he thrice strokes her in the direction of the hair, saying: ‘May Viṣṇu prepare the womb, may Tvaṣṭṛ shape the forms, may Prajâpati pour in, may Dhâtṛ place the embryo in thee. Place the embryo, Sinîvâlî, place the embryo, O broad-hipped one; the two divine Aśvins, crowned with lotuses, have placed the embryo in thee.’
22. ‘The golden fire-sticks, between which the two Aśvins churned, we invoke for thee, that thou mayst bring forth in the tenth month. As the earth has Agni in her womb, as heaven is pregnant with Indra, as Vâyu is the embryo of the quarters, thus I place an embryo in Thee, so-and-so.’
23. He sprinkles her who is about to bring forth with water. ‘As Vâyu stirs the lotus-pond on every side, thus may Thy embryo come, may it come together with the after-birth. This, the birth-channel of Indra, is made, with its covering, with its protecting shelter. O Indra, bring forth this embryo together with its covering.’
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‘Thou art Idā Maitrāvaruṇī: Thou strong woman hast born a strong boy. Be Thou blessed with strong children Thou who hast blessed me with a strong child.’
And they say of such a boy: ‘Ah, thou art better than thy father; ah, thou art better than thy grandfather. Truly he has reached the highest point in happiness, praise, and Vedic glory who is born as the son of a Brāhmaṇa that knows this.’
1. Now follows the stem:
1. Pautimāśīputra from Kātyāyanīputra,
23. He sprinkles her who is about to bring forth with water. ‘As Vâyu stirs the lotus-pond on every side, thus may Thy embryo come, may it come together with the after-birth. This, the birth-channel of Indra, is made, with its covering, with its protecting shelter. O Indra, bring forth this embryo together with its covering.’
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‘Thou art Idā Maitrāvaruṇī: Thou strong woman hast born a strong boy. Be Thou blessed with strong children Thou who hast blessed me with a strong child.’
And they say of such a boy: ‘Ah, thou art better than thy father; ah, thou art better than thy grandfather. Truly he has reached the highest point in happiness, praise, and Vedic glory who is born as the son of a Brāhmaṇa that knows this.’
1. Now follows the stem:
1. Pautimāśīputra from Kātyāyanīputra,
2. Kātyāyanīputra from Gautamīputra,
3. Gautamīputra from Bharadvājīputra,
4. Bharadvājīputra from Parāśarīputra,
5. Parāśarīputra from Aupasvatīputra,
6. Aupasvatīputra from Parāśarīputra,
7. Parāśarīputra from Kātyāyanīputra,
8. Kātyāyanīputra from Kauśikīputra,
9. Kauśikīputra from Alambīputra and Vaiyāghrapadīputra,
10. Alambīputra and Vaiyāghrapadīputra from Kāṇvīputra,
11. Kāṇvīputra from Kapīputra,
12. Kapīputra from Atreyīputra,
13. Atreyīputra from Gautamīputra,
14. Gautamīputra from Bharadvājīputra,
15. Bharadvājīputra from Parāśarīputra,
16. Parāśarīputra from Vatsīputra,
17. Vatsīputra from Parāśarīputra,
18. Parāśarīputra from Varkaruṇīputra,
19. Varkaruṇīputra from Varkaruṇīputra,
20. Varkaruṇīputra from Ārtabhāgīputra,
21. Artabhâgiputra from Âuṅgiputra,
22. Âuṅgiputra from Saṅkṛtiputra,
23. Saṅkṛtiputra from Alambâyaniputra,
24. Alambâyaniputra from Alambiputra,
25. Alambiputra from Jayantiputra,
26. Jayantiputra from Maṇḍukâyaniputra,
27. Maṇḍukâyaniputra from Maṇḍukiputra,
28. Maṇḍukiputra from Sâṅkṛtiputra,
29. Sâṅkṛtiputra from Rathitariputra,
30. Rathitariputra from Bhalukiputra,
31. Bhalukiputra from Krauñchikiputra,
32. Krauñchikiputra from Vaidabhrît iputra,
33. Vaidabhrît iputra from Kârakeyiputra,
34. Kârakeyiputra from Prâchinayogiputra,
35. Prâchinayogiputra from Sañjiviputra,
36. Sañjiviputra from Prajñiputra Âsurivâsin,
37. Prajñiputra Âsurivâsin from Âsurâyana,
38. Âsurâyana from Âsuri,
39. Âsuri from Yâgñavalkya,
40. Yâgñavalkya from Uddâlaka,
41. Uddâlaka from Aruṇa,
42. Aruṇa from Upaveśi,
43. Upaveśi from Kuśri,
44. Kuśri from Vâjaśravas,
45. Vâjaśravas from Jihvâvat Vâdhyoga,
46. Jihvâvat Vâdhyoga from Asita Vârshagaṇa,
47. Asita Vârshagaṇa from Harita Kâśyapa,
48. Harita Kâśyapa from Śilpa Kâśyapa,
49. Śilpa Kâśyapa from Kâśyapa Naidhruvi,
50. Kâśyapa Naidhruvi from Vâk,
51. Vâk from Ambhinî,
52. Ambhinî from Âditya, the Sun.
3. Gautamīputra from Bharadvājīputra,
4. Bharadvājīputra from Parāśarīputra,
5. Parāśarīputra from Aupasvatīputra,
6. Aupasvatīputra from Parāśarīputra,
7. Parāśarīputra from Kātyāyanīputra,
8. Kātyāyanīputra from Kauśikīputra,
9. Kauśikīputra from Alambīputra and Vaiyāghrapadīputra,
10. Alambīputra and Vaiyāghrapadīputra from Kāṇvīputra,
11. Kāṇvīputra from Kapīputra,
12. Kapīputra from Atreyīputra,
13. Atreyīputra from Gautamīputra,
14. Gautamīputra from Bharadvājīputra,
15. Bharadvājīputra from Parāśarīputra,
16. Parāśarīputra from Vatsīputra,
17. Vatsīputra from Parāśarīputra,
18. Parāśarīputra from Varkaruṇīputra,
19. Varkaruṇīputra from Varkaruṇīputra,
20. Varkaruṇīputra from Ārtabhāgīputra,
21. Artabhâgiputra from Âuṅgiputra,
22. Âuṅgiputra from Saṅkṛtiputra,
23. Saṅkṛtiputra from Alambâyaniputra,
24. Alambâyaniputra from Alambiputra,
25. Alambiputra from Jayantiputra,
26. Jayantiputra from Maṇḍukâyaniputra,
27. Maṇḍukâyaniputra from Maṇḍukiputra,
28. Maṇḍukiputra from Sâṅkṛtiputra,
29. Sâṅkṛtiputra from Rathitariputra,
30. Rathitariputra from Bhalukiputra,
31. Bhalukiputra from Krauñchikiputra,
32. Krauñchikiputra from Vaidabhrît iputra,
33. Vaidabhrît iputra from Kârakeyiputra,
34. Kârakeyiputra from Prâchinayogiputra,
35. Prâchinayogiputra from Sañjiviputra,
36. Sañjiviputra from Prajñiputra Âsurivâsin,
37. Prajñiputra Âsurivâsin from Âsurâyana,
38. Âsurâyana from Âsuri,
39. Âsuri from Yâgñavalkya,
40. Yâgñavalkya from Uddâlaka,
41. Uddâlaka from Aruṇa,
42. Aruṇa from Upaveśi,
43. Upaveśi from Kuśri,
44. Kuśri from Vâjaśravas,
45. Vâjaśravas from Jihvâvat Vâdhyoga,
46. Jihvâvat Vâdhyoga from Asita Vârshagaṇa,
47. Asita Vârshagaṇa from Harita Kâśyapa,
48. Harita Kâśyapa from Śilpa Kâśyapa,
49. Śilpa Kâśyapa from Kâśyapa Naidhruvi,
50. Kâśyapa Naidhruvi from Vâk,
51. Vâk from Ambhinî,
52. Ambhinî from Âditya, the Sun.
As coming from Âditya, the Sun, these pure Yajus verses have been proclaimed by Yâgñavalkya Vâjasaneya.
4. The same as far as Sañjiviputra (No. 36), then
36. Sañjiviputra from Maṇḍukâyani,
37. Maṇḍukâyani from Mâṇḍavya,
38. Mâṇḍavya from Kautsa,
39. Kautsa from Mahitthi,
40. Mahitthi from Vâmakakshâyana,
41. Vâmakakshâyana from Sâṇḍilya,
42. Sâṇḍilya from Vâtsya,
43. Vâtsya from Ku,
44. Ku from Yâjñavachas Râjastambâyana,
45. Yâjñavachas Râjastambâyana from Tura Kâvasheya,
46. Tura Kâvasheya from Prajâpati,
47. Prajâpati from Brahman,
48. Brahman is Svayambhu, self-existent.
Adoration to Brahman!
4. The same as far as Sañjiviputra (No. 36), then
36. Sañjiviputra from Maṇḍukâyani,
37. Maṇḍukâyani from Mâṇḍavya,
38. Mâṇḍavya from Kautsa,
39. Kautsa from Mahitthi,
40. Mahitthi from Vâmakakshâyana,
41. Vâmakakshâyana from Sâṇḍilya,
42. Sâṇḍilya from Vâtsya,
43. Vâtsya from Ku,
44. Ku from Yâjñavachas Râjastambâyana,
45. Yâjñavachas Râjastambâyana from Tura Kâvasheya,
46. Tura Kâvasheya from Prajâpati,
47. Prajâpati from Brahman,
48. Brahman is Svayambhu, self-existent.
Adoration to Brahman!