ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 98
गर्भं धेहि शिनीवाली गर्भं धेहि सरस्वती । गर्भं ते अश्विनौ देवावाधत्तां पुष्करस्रजौ ॥ ९८ ॥
garbhaṁ dhēhi śinīvālī garbhaṁ dhēhi sarasvatī | garbhaṁ tē aśvinau dēvāvādhattāṁ puṣkarasrajau || 98 ||
Translation
"Set the embryo, Sinīvālī; set the embryo, Sarasvatī; may the two divine Aśvins, wreathed in lotuses, set the embryo in you."
Word by word
- garbhaṁ
- the embryo
- dhēhi
- set
- śinīvālī
- O Sinīvālī
- sarasvatī
- O Sarasvatī
- tē
- in you
- aśvinau
- the two Aśvins
- dēvau
- (devau) gods
- ādhattāṁ
- may they set
- puṣkara
- of lotuses
- srajau
- wearing garlands
Meaning
Also from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka (6.4.21). Sinīvālī is the goddess of the night before the new moon, a deity of fertility; Sarasvatī here is the consort of Brahmā; the Aśvins are the twin physicians of the gods.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 97.