ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 96
विष्णुर्योनिं कल्पयतु त्वष्टा रूपाणि पिंशतु । आंसिञ्चतु प्रजापतिर्धाता गर्भं दधातु ते ॥ ९६ ॥
viṣṇuryōniṁ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṁśatu | āṁsiñcatu prajāpatirdhātā garbhaṁ dadhātu tē || 96 ||
Translation
"May Viṣṇu make the womb ready, may Tvaṣṭṛ shape the forms, may Prajāpati pour in the seed, may Dhātṛ set the embryo in you."
Word by word
- viṣṇuḥ
- (viṣṇuḥ) Viṣṇu
- yōniṁ
- the womb
- kalpayatu
- may make ready
- tvaṣṭā
- Tvaṣṭṛ
- rūpāṇi
- the forms
- piṁśatu
- may shape
- āṁsiñcatu
- (āsiñcatu) may pour in
- prajāpatiḥ
- (prajāpatiḥ) Prajāpati
- dhātā
- Dhātṛ
- garbhaṁ
- the embryo
- dadhātu
- may set
- tē
- in you
Meaning
A mantra of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (6.4.21), used in the Vedic rite of conception. Each god has a part: Viṣṇu prepares the womb; Tvaṣṭṛ, the divine craftsman, gives the child its features (the ṭīkā glosses piṁśatu, "may he make bright, make visible"); Prajāpati pours the seed; Dhātṛ, the upholder, holds the embryo in place.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the mantra for giving the one oblation: "viṣṇur yonim". Piṁśatu: may he light up, make bright (dīpayatu). [Assembled: hrīṁ viṣṇur yoniṁ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṁśatu āsiñcatu prajāpatir dhātā garbhaṁ dadhātu te svāhā — "May Viṣṇu shape the womb, may Tvaṣṭṛ fashion the forms, may Prajāpati pour in, may Dhātṛ lay the embryo in you."]