ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 101
यथेयं पृथिवी देवी ह्युत्ताना गर्भमादधे । तथा त्वं गर्भमाधेहि दशमे मासि सूतये । स्वाहान्तेनाऽमुना विष्णुं ध्यायन्नाहुतिमाहरेत् ॥ १०१ ॥
yathēyaṁ pṛthivī dēvī hyuttānā garbhamādadhē | tathā tvaṁ garbhamādhēhi daśamē māsi sūtayē | svāhāntēnā’munā viṣṇuṁ dhyāyannāhutimāharēt || 101 ||
Translation
"As this goddess Earth, lying open, received the seed, so may you receive the embryo, to give birth in the tenth month." With this, ending in svāhā, meditating on Viṣṇu, he should give an oblation.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- iyaṁ
- this
- pṛthivī
- Earth
- dēvī
- goddess
- hi
- indeed
- uttānā
- (uttānā) lying open
- garbham
- (garbham) the seed
- ādadhē
- received
- tathā
- so
- tvaṁ
- you
- ādhēhi
- receive
- daśamē
- in the tenth
- māsi
- month
- sūtayē
- to give birth
- svāhā
- svāhā
- antēna
- ending with
- amunā
- with this
- viṣṇuṁ
- Viṣṇu
- dhyāyan
- (dhyāyan) meditating on
- āhutim
- (āhutim) an oblation
- āharēt
- he should give
Meaning
The earth, uttānā, "lying outstretched", is the great example of a mother who receives seed and brings forth. The ten months are counted by the lunar month. Sūti, the ṭīkā says, is delivery.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Yathā iyam". "Sūtaye": for the delivery (prasava). With this mantra ending with svāhā, "yatheyaṁ pṛthivī" and the rest, meditating on Viṣṇu and intending it for him, he should give an oblation into the fire. [Assembled: yatheyaṁ pṛthivī devī hy uttānā garbham ādadhe tathā tvaṁ garbham ādhehi daśame māsi sūtaye svāhā — "As this goddess Earth, lying open, received the seed, so you receive the embryo, for birth in the tenth month."]