Containing 9 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
अश्वि॑ना॒वेह ग॑च्छतं॒ नास॑त्या॒ मा वि वे॑नतम् हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑
"YE Aṣvins, hither come to us: Nâsatyas, be not disinclined. Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed."
अश्वि॑ना हरि॒णावि॑व गौ॒रावि॒वानु॒ यव॑सम् हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑
"O Aṣvins, like a pair of deer, like two wild cattle to the mead: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed."
अश्वि॑ना वाजिनीवसू जु॒षेथां॑ य॒ज्ञमि॒ष्टये॑ हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑
"O Aṣvins rich in gifts, accept our sacrifice to prosper it: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed."
अत्रि॒र्यद्वा॑मव॒रोह॑न्नृ॒बीस॒मजो॑हवी॒न्नाध॑मानेव॒ योषा॑ श्ये॒नस्य॑ चि॒ज्जव॑सा॒ नूत॑ने॒नाग॑च्छतमश्विना॒ शंत॑मेन
"As Atri when descending to the cavem called on you loudly like a wailing woman. Ye came to him, O Aṣvins, with the freshest and most auspicious fleetness of a falcon."
वि जि॑हीष्व वनस्पते॒ योनिः॒ सूष्य॑न्त्या इव श्रु॒तं मे॑ अश्विना॒ हवं॑ स॒प्तव॑ध्रिं च मुञ्चतम्
"Tree, part asunder like the side of her who bringeth forth a child. Ye Aṣvins, listen to my call: loose Saptavadhri from his bonds."
भी॒ताय॒ नाध॑मानाय॒ ऋष॑ये स॒प्तव॑ध्रये मा॒याभि॑रश्विना यु॒वं वृ॒क्षं सं च॒ वि चा॑चथः
"For Saptavadhri, for the seer affrighted when he wept and wafled, Ye, Aṣvins, with your magic powers rent up the tree and shattered it."
यथा॒ वातः॑ पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वतः॑ ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः
"Like as the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses, So stir in thee the babe unborn, so may the ten-month babe descend."
यथा॒ वातो॒ यथा॒ वनं॒ यथा॑ समु॒द्र एज॑ति ए॒वा त्वं द॑शमास्य स॒हावे॑हि ज॒रायु॑णा
"Like as the wind, like as the wood, like as the sea is set astir, So also, ten-month babe, descend together with the after-birth."
दश॒ मासा॑ञ्छशया॒नः कु॑मा॒रो अधि॑ मा॒तरि॑ नि॒रैतु॑ जी॒वो अक्ष॑तो जी॒वो जीव॑न्त्या॒ अधि॑
"The child who hath for ten months' time been lying in his mother's side,– May he come forth alive, unharmed, yea, livingfrorn the living dame."