Rig Veda · 5.78.9

Rig Veda 5.78.9 — Aśvins

Verse 9 of 9 from Sukta 5.78 (Aśvins) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.78.9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दश मासाञ छशयानः कुमारो अधि मातरि | निरैतु जीवो अक्षतो जीवो जीवन्त्या अधि

IAST Romanisation

daśa māsāñ chaśayānaḥ kumāro adhi mātari | niraitu jīvo akṣato jīvo jīvantyā adhi

English Translation (Griffith)

The child who hath for ten months' time been lying in his mother's side,— May he come forth alive, unharmed, yea, living from the living dame.

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