Containing 6 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
ब्रह्म॑णा॒ग्निः सं॑विदा॒नो र॑क्षो॒हा बा॑धतामि॒तः अमी॑वा॒ यस्ते॒ गर्भं॑ दु॒र्णामा॒ योनि॑मा॒शये॑
"MAY Agni, yielding to our prayer, the Raksas-slayer, drive away The malady of evil name that hath beset thy labouring womb."
यस्ते॒ गर्भ॒ममी॑वा दु॒र्णामा॒ योनि॑मा॒शये॑ अ॒ग्निष्टं ब्रह्म॑णा स॒ह निष्क्र॒व्याद॑मनीनशत्
"Agni, concurring in the prayer, drive off the eater of the flesh, The malady of evil name that hath attacked thy babe and womb."
यस्ते॒ हन्ति॑ प॒तय॑न्तं निष॒त्स्नुं यः स॑रीसृ॒पम् जा॒तं यस्ते॒ जिघां॑सति॒ तमि॒तो ना॑शयामसि
"That which destroys the sinking germ, the settled, moving embryo, That which will kill the babe at birth,even this will we drive far away."
यस्त॑ ऊ॒रू वि॒हर॑त्यन्त॒रा दम्प॑ती॒ शये॑ योनिं॒ यो अ॒न्तरा॒रेळ्हि॒ तमि॒तो ना॑शयामसि
"That which divides thy legs that it may lie between the married pair, That penetrates and licks thy side,– even this will we exterminate."
यस्त्वा॒ भ्राता॒ पति॑र्भू॒त्वा जा॒रो भू॒त्वा नि॒पद्य॑ते प्र॒जां यस्ते॒ जिघां॑सति॒ तमि॒तो ना॑शयामसि
"What rests by thee in borrowed form of brother, lover, or of lord, And would destroy thy Progeny,– even this will we exterminate."
यस्त्वा॒ स्वप्ने॑न॒ तम॑सा मोहयि॒त्वा नि॒पद्य॑ते प्र॒जां यस्ते॒ जिघां॑सति॒ तमि॒तो ना॑शयामसि
"That which through sleep or darkness hath deceived thee and lies down by thee, And will destroy thy progeny,– -even this will we exterminate."