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Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.1
चतुर्थं ब्राह्मणम् (पुत्रमन्थकर्मब्राह्मणम्)
एषां वै भूतानां पृथिवी रसः ।
पृथिव्या आपः ।
अपामोषधयः ।
ओषधीनां पुष्पाणि ।
पुष्पाणां फलानि ।
फलानां पुरुषः ।
पुरुषस्य रेतः ॥ ६.४.१ ॥
The essence of these beings is the earth. The essence of the earth is water. The essence of water is plants. The essence of plants is flowers. The essence of flowers is fruits. The essence of fruits is the person. The essence of the person is seed (retas).
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.2
स ह प्रजापतिरीक्षां चक्रे हन्तास्मै प्रतिष्ठां कल्पयानीति स स्त्रियं ससृजे ।
तां सृष्ट्वाध उपास्त ।
तस्मात्स्त्रियमध उपासीत ।
स एतं प्राञ्चं ग्रावाणमात्मन एव समुदपारयत् ।
तेनैनामभ्यसृजत ॥ ६.४.२ ॥
Prajāpati reflected, 'Well then, let me prepare a support for this.' And he created a woman. Having created her, he approached her from below. Therefore one should approach a woman from below. He drew out from himself this eastward-facing stone, and with it he produced her.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.3
तस्या वेदिरुपस्थः ।
लोमानि बर्हिश् ।
चर्माधिषवणे ।
समिद्धो मध्यतस्तौ मुष्कौ ।
स यावान् ह वै वाजपेयेन यजमनस्य लोको भवति तावानस्य लोको भवति ।
य एवं विद्वानधोपहासं चरत्यासां स्त्रीणां सुकृतं वृङ्क्ते ।
अथ य इदमविद्वानधोपहासं चरत्यास्य स्त्रियः सुकृतं वृञ्जते ॥ ६.४.३ ॥
Her altar is her lap; her hairs are the sacred grass; her skin is the pressing stones; the blazing fire in the middle is the two testicles. As great a world as the sacrificer of the Vājapeya rite attains, so great a world does he attain who, knowing this, practices lowering derision and takes away the good deeds of these women. But he who, not knowing this, practices lowering derision, these women take away his good deeds.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.4
एतद्ध स्म वै तद्विद्वानुद्दालक आरुणिराह ।
एतद्ध स्म वै तद्विद्वान्नाको मौद्गल्य आह ।
एतद्ध स्म वै तद्विद्वान् कुमारहारित आह बहवो मर्या ब्राह्मनायना निरिन्द्रिया विसुकृतोऽस्माल्लोकात्प्रयन्ति य इदमविद्वांसोऽधोपहासं चरन्तीति ।
बहु वा इदं सुप्तस्य वा जाग्रतो वा रेतः स्कन्दति ॥ ६.४.४ ॥
Uddālaka Āruṇi, knowing this, said so. Nāka Maudgalya, knowing this, said so. Kumāra-hārīta, knowing this, said: 'Many mortals born of brahmin lineage, who practice lowering derision without knowing this, depart from this world without vigor and without good deeds.' And much seed spills from a man, whether sleeping or waking.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.5
तदभिमृशेदनु वा मन्त्रयेत यन्मेऽद्य रेतः पृथिवीमस्कान्त्सीद्यदोषधीरप्यसरद्यदपः ।
इदमहं तद्रेत आददे ।
पुनर्मामैतु इन्द्रियं पुनस्तेजः पुनर्भगः ।
पुनरग्निर्धिष्ण्या यथास्थानं कल्पन्ताम् ।
इत्यनामिकाङ्गुष्ठाभ्यामादायान्तरेण स्तनौ वा भ्रुवौ वा निमृज्यात् ॥ ६.४.५ ॥
Let him touch it, or afterwards recite the mantra: "The seed of mine that fell today onto the earth, that flowed into the herbs and that flowed into the waters — I take back that seed. May vigour return to me, may splendour return to me, may good fortune return to me. May the fires, the dhiṣṇyas, be restored to their places." Having taken it up with the ring finger and thumb, he should wipe it between the breasts or between the eyebrows.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.6
अथ यद्युदक आत्मानं पश्येत्तदभिमन्त्रयेत मयि तेज इन्द्रियं यशो द्रविणं सुकृतमिति ।
श्रीर्ह वा एषा स्त्रीणां यन्मलोद्वासाः ।
तस्मान्मलोद्वाससं यशस्विनीमभिक्रम्योपमन्त्रयेत ॥ ६.४.६ ॥
If he sees his own reflection in water, then he should recite over it: "May splendour, vigour, fame, wealth and good deeds be in me." Indeed this is the śrī of women — she who wears soiled garments. Therefore he should approach a glorious woman in soiled garments and address her.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.7
सा चेदस्मै न दद्यात्काममेनामवक्रिणीयात् ।
सा चेदस्मै नैव दद्यात्काममेनां यष्ट्या वा पाणिना वोपहत्यातिक्रामेत् ।
इन्द्रियेन ते यशसा यश आदद इति ।
अयशा एव भवति ॥ ६.४.७ ॥
If she does not give him her desire, he should force her. If she does not give at all, he should overpower her by striking her with a stick or with the hand, saying: "With your vigour and your fame I take fame." Such a man becomes without fame indeed.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.8
सा चेदस्मै दद्यादिन्द्रियेण ते यशसा यश आदधामीति ।
यशस्विनावेव भवतः ॥ ६.४.८ ॥
If she gives it to him, he should say: "With your vigour and your fame I establish fame." Then both of them indeed become glorious.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.9
स यामिच्छेत् कामयेत मेति तस्यामर्थं निष्ठाय मुखेन मुखं संधायोपस्थमस्या अभिमृश्य जपेत्
अङ्गादङ्गात्संभवसि हृदयादधिजायसे ।
स त्वमङ्गकषायोऽसि दिग्धविद्धामिव मादयेमाममूं मयीति ॥ ६.४.९ ॥
If he desires a woman and wishes, 'May she be mine,' he should, fixing that aim, join his mouth to hers, touch her lap, and murmur: 'You are born from limb to limb, you arise from the heart. You are the essence of the limbs; as one pierced by a poisoned arrow, may you intoxicate her and her in me.'
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.10
अथ यामिच्छेन्न गर्भं दधीतेति तस्यामर्थं निष्ठाय मुखेन मुखं संधायाभिप्राण्यापान्यात् ।
इन्द्रियेण ते रेतसा रेत आदद इति ।
अरेता एव भवति ॥ ६.४.१० ॥
Then, if he desires a woman but does not want her to conceive, he should, fixing that aim, join his mouth to hers, draw in breath and let it out, and say: 'With your vital power and with your seed, I take your seed.' One who does this becomes without seed indeed.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.11
अथ यामिच्छेद्दधीतेति तस्यामर्थं निष्ठाय मुखेन मुखं संधायापान्याभिप्राण्यात् ।
इन्द्रियेण ते रेतसा रेत आदधामीति ।
गर्भिण्येव भवति ॥ ६.४.११ ॥
Then, if he desires a woman and wishes her to conceive, he should, fixing that aim, join his mouth to hers, breathe out and then breathe in, and say: 'With your vital power and with your seed, I place seed in you.' By doing so she indeed becomes pregnant.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.12
अथ यस्य जायायै जारः स्यात्तं चेद्द्विष्यादामपात्रेऽग्निमुपसमाधाय प्रतिलोमं शरबर्हिः स्तीर्त्वा तस्मिन्नेताः शरभृष्टीः प्रतिलोमाः सर्पिषाक्ता जुहुयात् ।
मम समिद्धेऽहौषीः ।
प्राणापानौ त आददेऽसाविति ।
मम समिद्धेऽहौषीः ।
पुत्रपशूंस्त आददेऽसाविति ।
मम समिद्धेऽहौषीः ।
इष्टासुकृते त आददेऽसाविति ।
मम समिद्धेऽहौषीः ।
अशापराकाशौ त आददेऽसाविति ।
स वा एष निरिन्द्रियो विसुकृतोऽस्माल्लोकाद्प्रैति यमेवंविद्ब्राह्मणः शपति ।
तस्मादेवंवित्श्रोत्रियस्य दारेण नोपहासमिच्छेत् ।
उत ह्येवंवित्परो भवति ॥ ६.४.१२ ॥
Now, if a husband hates the lover of his wife, he should, placing fire in an unbaked vessel and spreading inverted arrow-grass on the ground, offer with arrow-grass shoots turned upside down and smeared with ghee, saying: 'In my kindled fire you have offered; I take his breath and out-breath, so-and-so's.' 'In my kindled fire you have offered; I take his sons and cattle, so-and-so's.' 'In my kindled fire you have offered; I take his sacrificial and pious deeds, so-and-so's.' 'In my kindled fire you have offered; I take his hopes and expectations, so-and-so's.' Such a man, indeed, departs from this world without vital powers and without good deeds, whom a Brahmin who knows this curses. Therefore one should not wish to mock the wife of a learned man who knows this, for the one who knows it becomes indeed superior.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.13
अथ यस्य जायामार्तवं विन्देत्त्र्यहं कंसे न पिबेत् ।
अहतवासाः ।
नैनां वृषलो न वृषल्यपहन्यात् ।
त्रिरात्रान्त आप्लुत्य व्रीहीनवघातयेत् ॥ ६.४.१३ ॥
When a man's wife obtains her menstrual season, he should not drink from a bronze vessel for three days. He should wear unworn garments. Let no low-born man or low-born woman harm her. At the end of three nights, having bathed, he should have rice grains pounded.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.14
स य इच्छेत् पुत्रो मे शुक्लो जायेत वेदमनुब्रुवीत सर्वमायुरियादिति क्षीरौदनं पाचयित्वा सर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयाताम् ।
ईश्वरौ जनयितवै ॥ ६.४.१४ ॥
Whoever desires: 'May my son be born fair, recite the Veda, and reach a full lifespan' — let the two of them have rice cooked in milk prepared and eat it with ghee. They will be able to beget children.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.15
अथ य इच्छेत् पुत्रो मे कपिलः पिङ्गलो जायेत द्वौ वेदावनुब्रुवीत सर्वमायुरियादिति दध्योदनं पाचयित्वा सर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयाताम् ।
ईश्वरौ जनयितवै ॥ ६.४.१५ ॥
And whoever desires: 'May my son be born tawny and reddish-brown, recite two Vedas, and reach a full lifespan' — let the two of them have rice cooked with curds prepared and eat it with ghee. They will be able to beget children.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.16
अथ य इच्छेत् पुत्रो मे श्यामो लोहिताक्षो जायेत त्रीन् वेदाननुब्रुवीत सर्वमायुरियादिति उदौदनं पाचयित्वा सर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयाताम् ।
ईश्वरौ जनयितवै ॥ ६.४.१६ ॥
And whoever desires: 'May my son be born dark, red-eyed, recite three Vedas, and reach a full lifespan' — let the two of them have rice cooked in water and eat it with ghee. They will be able to beget children.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.17
अथ य इच्छेद् दुहिता मे पण्डिता जायेत सर्वमायुरियादिति तिलौदनं पाचयित्वा सर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयाताम् ।
ईश्वरौ जनयितवै ॥ ६.४.१७ ॥
Now, one who desires that a daughter be born to him, learned and living a full life, should cook sesame rice and eat it with ghee. The two are able to beget a child.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.18
अथ य इच्छेत् पुत्रो मे पण्डितो विगीतः समितिंगमः शुश्रूषितां वाचं भाषिता जायेत सर्वान् वेदाननुब्रुवीत सर्वमायुरियादिति मांसौदनं पाचयित्वा सर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयाताम् ।
ईश्वरौ जनयितवाइ ।
औक्षेण वार्षभेण वा ॥ ६.४.१८ ॥
Now, one who desires a son, learned, renowned, attending assemblies, speaking well-heard speech, reciting all the Vedas, and living a full life, should cook meat rice and eat it with ghee. The two are able to beget a child, with the flesh of an ox or bull.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.19
अथाभिप्रातरेव स्थालीपाकावृताज्यं चेष्टित्वा स्थालीपाकस्योपघातं जुहोत्यग्नये स्वाहानुमतये स्वाहा देवाय सवित्रे सत्यप्रसवाय स्वाहेति ।
हुत्वोद्धृत्य प्राश्नाति ।
प्राश्येतरस्याः प्रयच्छति ।
प्रक्षाल्य पाणी उदपात्रं पूरयित्वा तेनैनां त्रिरभ्युक्षति
उत्तिष्ठातो विश्वावसोऽन्यामिच्छ प्रपूर्व्याम् ।
सं जायां पत्या सहेति ॥ ६.४.१९ ॥
Then, early in the morning, he pours ghee around the pot-cooked rice, takes a portion of the pot-cooked rice, and offers it: 'To Agni, svāhā; to Anumati, svāhā; to the god Savitṛ, of true impulsion, svāhā.' Having offered, he takes it out and eats. Having eaten, he gives the rest to the other one. Having washed his hands and filled a water vessel, he sprinkles her thrice with it, saying: 'Rise up, O Viśvāvasu, desire another, ancient one; join together with the husband in union with the wife.'
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.20
अथैनामभिपद्यते अमोऽहमस्मि सा त्वम् ।
सा त्वमस्यमोऽहम् ।
सामाहमस्मि ऋक्त्वम् ।
द्यौरहं पृथिवी त्वम् ।
तावेहि संरभावहै सह रेतो दधावहै ।
पुंसे पुत्राय वित्तय इति ॥ ६.४.२० ॥
Now he approaches her: 'I am the vital force (amaḥ), you are she; you are she, you are this one's amaḥ. I am the melody (sāman), you are the verse (ṛc). I am heaven (dyauḥ), you are earth (pṛthivī). Come, let us unite, let us together place the seed, for a male, for a son, for wealth.'
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.21
अथास्या ऊरू विहापयति विजिहीथां द्यावापृथिवी इति ।
तस्यामर्थं निष्ठाय मुखेन मुखं संधाय त्रिरेनामनुलोमामनुमार्ष्टि
विष्णुर्योनिं कल्पयतु त्वष्टा रूपाणि पिंशतु ।
आ सिञ्चतु प्रजापतिर्धाता गर्भं दधातु ते ।
गर्भं धेहि सिनीवालि गर्भं धेहि पृथुष्टुके ।
गर्भं ते अश्विनौ देवावाधत्तां पुष्करस्रजौ ॥ ६.४.२१ ॥
Then he parts her thighs, saying, "Heaven and earth, open up." Fixing his purpose in her, joining mouth to mouth, he strokes her three times in the natural direction. May Viṣṇu prepare the womb, may Tvaṣṭṛ shape the forms. May Prajāpati pour in, may Dhātṛ place the embryo. Place the embryo, O Sinīvālī; place the embryo, O Pṛthuṣṭukā. May the two Aśvins, wearing lotus garlands, establish your embryo.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.22
हिरण्मयी अरणी याभ्यां निर्मन्थतामश्विनौ ।
तं ते गर्भं हवामहे दशमे मासि सूतये ।
यथाग्निगर्भा पृथिवी यथा द्यौरैन्द्रेण गर्भिणी ।
वायुर्दिशां यथा गर्भ एवं गर्भं दधामि तेऽसाविति ॥ ६.४.२२ ॥
The golden fire-sticks with which the Aśvins churned: we call upon that embryo of yours for birth in the tenth month. As the earth holds fire within her womb, as the sky is made pregnant by Indra, as the wind is the womb of the directions, so do I place the embryo in you, O so-and-so.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.23
सोष्यन्तीमद्भिरभ्युक्षति
यथा वायुः पुष्करिणीं समिङ्गयति सर्वतः ।
एवा ते गर्भ एजतु सहावैतु जरायुणा ।
इन्द्रस्यायं व्रजः कृतः सार्गलः सपरिश्रयः ।
तमिन्द्र निर्जहि गर्भेण सावरां सहेति ॥ ६.४.२३ ॥
He sprinkles water on the woman about to give birth. As the wind stirs the lotus pond on every side, so may your embryo stir and come forth together with the afterbirth. This is the enclosure made by Indra, barred and with its support. O Indra, break it open with the embryo, so that with the birth it may open.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.24
जातेऽग्निमुपसमाधायाङ्क आधाय कंसे पृषदाज्यं संनीय पृषदाज्यस्योपघातं जुहोति
अस्मिन्सहस्रं पुष्यासमेधमानः स्वे गृहे ।
अस्योपसन्द्यां मा छैत्सीत्प्रजया च पशुभिश्च स्वाहा ।
मयि प्राणांस्त्वयि मनसा जुहोमि स्वाहा ।
यत्कर्मणात्यरीरिचं यद्वा न्यूनमिहाकरम् ।
अग्निष्टत्स्विष्टकृद्विद्वान् स्विष्टं सुहुतं करोतु नः स्वाहेति ॥ ६.४.२४ ॥
At the birth, having placed the fire near, having laid the child on the lap, having mixed pṛṣadājya in a bronze bowl, he offers a small portion of the pṛṣadājya: "In this child may I thrive a thousandfold, growing in my own house. In his presence may he not cut me off from offspring and cattle. Svāhā. I offer my breaths into you with the mind. Svāhā. Whatever I have done in excess by the rite, or whatever I have made deficient here, may Agni, who makes the right offering and is wise, make it a well-offered and well-sacrificed offering for us. Svāhā."
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.25
अथास्य दक्षिणं कर्णमभिनिधाय वाग्वागिति त्रिः ।
अथ दधि मधु घृतं संनीयानन्तर्हितेन जातरूपेण प्राशयति ।
भूस्ते दधामि भुवस्ते दधामि स्वस्ते दधामि भूर्भुवः स्वः सर्वं त्वयि दधामीति ॥ ६.४.२५ ॥
Then, bringing his mouth close to the child's right ear, he says three times, "Speech, speech." Then he mixes curds, honey and ghee and feeds them to the child with unbroken gold, saying: "I place bhūḥ in you, I place bhuvaḥ in you, I place svaḥ in you; bhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥ, I place all in you."
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.26
अथास्य नाम करोति वेदोऽसीति ।
तदस्यैतद्गुह्यमेव नाम भवति ॥ ६.४.२६ ॥
Then he gives him a name: "You are the Veda." This indeed becomes his secret name.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.27
अथैनं मात्रे प्रदाय स्तनं प्रयच्छति यस्ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर्यो रत्नधा वसुविद्यः सुदत्रः ।
येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि सरस्वति तमिह धातवे करिति ॥ ६.४.२७ ॥
Then, handing the child to the mother, he offers her breast to him: "O Sarasvatī, may that breast of yours which is nourishing, which brings well-being, which holds jewels, which bestows wealth, which is a generous giver, by which you nourish all desirable things, be here for his nourishment."
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6.4.28
अथास्य मातरमभिमन्त्रयते इलासि मैत्रावरुणी वीरे वीरमजीजनत् ।
सा त्वं वीरवती भव यास्मान् वीरवतोऽकरदिति ।
तं वा एतमाहुः अतिपिता बताभूः ।
अतिपितामहो बताभूः ।
परमां बत काष्ठां प्राप श्रिया यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन ।
य एवंविदो ब्राह्मणस्य पुत्रो जायत इति ॥ ६.४.२८ ॥
Then he addresses the mother with a mantra: "You are Ilā, daughter of Mitra and Varuṇa; you have borne a hero from a hero. Be rich in heroic sons, you who have made us rich in heroes." Of this they say: "Truly you have gone beyond the father; truly you have gone beyond the grandfather; truly you have reached the supreme summit, with splendour, fame and the radiance of sacred knowledge." So is born the son of a brahmin who knows thus.