The Atharva Veda/Book 1/Hymn 11

A charm to be used at child-birth 1. Vashat to thee. O Pūshan At this birth let Aryaman the Sage perform as Hotar-priest, p. a12 As one who bears in season let this dame be ready to bring forth her child. 2. Four are the regions of the sky, and four the regions of the earth: The Gods have brought the babe; let them prepare the woman for the birth. 3. Puerpera (infatem) detegat: nos uterum aperimus. Lexa teipsam, puerpera. Tu, parturiens! emitte eum non carni, non adipi, non medullae adhāerntem. 4. Descendat viscosa placenta, cani, comedenda placenta; decidat placenta. 5. Diffindo tuum urinae ductum, diffindo vaginam, diffindo inguina. Matrem natumque divido, puerum a placenta divido: decidat placenta. 6. Sicut ventus, sicut mens, sicut alites volant, sic, decem mensium puer, cum placenta descende: descendat placenta.