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Rig Veda 10.184: MAY Visnu form and mould the womb, may Tvastar duly shape the forms
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
MAY Visnu form and mould the womb, may Tvastar duly shape the forms,
Prajapati infuse the stream, and Dhatar lay the germ for thee.
O Sinivali, set the germ, set thou the germ, Sarasvati:
May the Twain Gods bestow the germ, the Asvins crowned with lotuses.
That which the Asvins Twain rub forth with the attrition-sticks of gold,-
That germ of thine we invocate, that in the tenth month thou mayst bear.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.184: MAY Visnu form and mould the womb, may Tvastar duly shape the forms.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1019/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.184: MAY Visnu form and mould the womb, may Tvastar duly shape the forms.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1019/.
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